A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and Church

Jacob Van Ruisdael

A Dutch landscape painting showing a ruined castle amid dramatic skies, reflecting nature’s power and decay.

c. 1665
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom
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