File:Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael - The Jewish Cemetery (1654 or 1655).jpg

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Summary

Jacob van Ruisdael: The Jewish Cemetery

Artist



Alternative names	Jacob van Ruysdael, Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker, landscape painter, etcher, graphic artist and draftsperson
Date of birth/death	1628	10 March 1682 / 14 March 1682 / 14 June 1682
Location of birth/death	Haarlem	Amsterdam
Work period	1646-1682
Work location	Haarlem (1648-1655), Rhenen (1649), Bad Bentheim (1650), Steinfurt (1650), Amsterdam (1653-1681)
Authority file	: Q213612 VIAF: 89550506 ISNI: 0000000117740724 ULAN: 500027077 LCCN: n82062822 NLA: 36526880 WorldCat

Title

Dutch:

De Joodse Begraafplaats

The Jewish cemetery

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Date

circa 1654/1655

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 142.2 cm (55.9 in); width: 189.2 cm (74.4 in)

Collection

Detroit Institute of Arts

	Native name	Detroit Institute of Arts
	Location	Detroit, United States
	Coordinates	42° 21′ 34″ N, 83° 03′ 53″ W
	Established	7 October 1927
	Website	www.dia.org
	Authority file	: Q1201549 VIAF: 130157151 ISNI: 0000000121570289 ULAN: 500306739 LCCN: n79045542 NLA: 36174530 WorldCat

Accession number

26.3

Place of creation

Haarlem

Credit line

Gift of Julius H. Haass in memory of his brother Dr. Ernest W. Haass

Notes

Landscape art

References

Source/Photographer

1. Unknown source, moved from another file
2. The Detroit Institute of Arts, previously: [1]
3. Google Art Project works from the Detroit Institute of Arts

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19:27, 14 September 2006	User:Andreagrossmann	<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Jacob_van_Ruisdael%2C_The_Jewish_Cemetery.JPG"><img alt="Thumbnail for version as of 19:27, 14 September 2006" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Jacob_van_Ruisdael%2C_The_Jewish_Cemetery.JPG/120px-Jacob_van_Ruisdael%2C_The_Jewish_Cemetery.JPG" width="120" height="91" border="0" /></a>	786×595	74 KB	Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery (1655-60, oil on canvas, 141 x 182.9 cm)<a href="/wiki/Category:Jacob_van_Ruisdael" title="Category:Jacob van Ruisdael">Category:Jacob van Ruisdael</a>

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:40, 17 October 2023	2,700 × 2,079 (2.18 MB)	Adam Cuerden	c:User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js: Overwrite: Dezoomified from Google Art Project source
	14:36, 5 April 2017	2,700 × 2,079 (1.06 MB)	Trzęsacz	https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/the-jewish-cemetery/fwETNplVEkWtDg
	19:37, 1 November 2014	1,024 × 788 (812 KB)	Trzęsacz	http://www.dia.org/object-info/611846d6-a2bb-4094-8c0f-b298bcaf2440.aspx?position=1
	18:58, 21 November 2008	786 × 595 (74 KB)	BetacommandBot	move approved by: User:Gryffindor This image was moved from Image:Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery.JPG {{Painting\| \|Title={{de\| Judenfriedhof}} \|Technique={{de\| Öl auf Leinwand}} \|Dimensions= 42 × 89 cm \|Location={{de\| Detroit (Michiga