Extensive field landscape with a track and a church in the distance

Extensive Field Landscape with a Track and Church from around 1650 at Dresden shows the flat Dutch countryside with its distant church spires. These panoramic views celebrate the breadth and luminosity of the Dutch landscape under its enormous sky. These agricultural panoramas were painted from low vantage points that maximized the expanse of sky, a hallmark of Dutch Baroque landscape. The golden grain against cloud-laden sky made Ruisdael's work sought after by European collectors through th...

The low horizon and expansive sky create a sense of infinite space. Ruisdael's atmospheric perspective renders the distant church with convincing aerial haze.