# Landscape with Waterfall

- By: Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael (Haarlem, ca. –1682)
- Date: c. 1668
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 142.5 cm x width 196 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-210--4dec9de2ceee62d80167471eaa1010ff)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/PDbGh/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The tiny figures in this grand landscape with a rushing waterfall are almost lost. The composition is dominated by gnarled trees, barren tree trunks, and roiling water. The dramatic cycle of nature’s birth and decay is almost tangible. A church tower rises up in the distance like a beacon of peace.