25-17Aelbert Cuyp,
Distant View of Dordrecht,
with a Milkmaid and Four
Cows, and Other Figures,
late 1640s. Oil on canvas,
5 1 6 47 – 8 . National
Gallery, London.
Unlike idealized Italian
Renaissance classical land-
scapes, Cuyp’s painting
portrays a particular locale.
The cows, shepherds, and
milkmaid refer to the Dutch
Republic’s important dairy
industry.25-18Jacob van Ruisdael,
View of Haarlem from the
Dunes at Overveen,ca. 1670.
Oil on canvas, 1 10 2 1 .
Mauritshuis, The Hague.
In this painting, van Ruisdael
succeeded in capturing a
specific view of Haarlem, its
windmills, and Saint Bavo
church, but he also imbued the
landscape with a quiet serenity
that approaches the spiritual.1 ft.
1 in.