Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape by Jacob van Ruisdael shows a snow-covered riverside with a cluster of frost-laden trees on the right and a weathered brick wall behind them. A small boat rests at the shore in the left foreground, while distant masts and figures mark the wintry horizon under a heavy, dark sky with a warm, pale light near the horizon. The scene employs a subdued palette of browns, grays, and whites, with careful textures and atmospheric depth characteristic of Dutch Baroque landscape painting.