The image is an etching showing a thatched-roof building with wooden framework and textures. There are trees, a man on a footbridge over a stream, and a sky with clouds. The scene is detailed, monochromatic, and intricate.

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The Little Bridge

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, c. 1628/1629 - 1682)

c. 1652

Medium: etching on laid paper
Classification: Print
Culture: Dutch
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Gift of Jacob Kainen
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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