Detail View: The AMICA Library: Wheat Fields
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.14.40.623
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Ruisdael, Jacob van
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Dutch
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Dutch, 1628/29-1682
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
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Title:
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Wheat Fields
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1670
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Creation Start Date:
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1660
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Creation End Date:
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1680
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. (100 x 130.2 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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14.40.623
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
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Rights:
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Context:
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This large canvas of about 1670 is Ruisdael's most ambitious view of grain fields, a subject he treated frequently. The monumental design, with its centralized recession into space, might have been intended for a particular location, perhaps above a mantelpiece. During the seventeenth century, paintings of this size were usually hung high. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ep14.40.623.R.tif
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