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Etching of a huge gnarled beech tree with twisted trunk and sprawling branches, with small figures at lower left.

The Great Beech, etching by Ruisdael

An etching of a massive, gnarled beech tree fills the right side of the sheet, its twisted trunk and sprawling branches reaching across the composition. Tiny figures stand at lower left beside thinner trees that fade into the hazy distance, all rendered in fine hatched lines.

Artist
Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael (mentioned on object)
Date
1650-1655
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2803 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1655.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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