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Entrance to a Forest

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Entrance to a Forest
ArtistJacob van Ruisdael
Yearbetween 1660 and 1665
Mediumoil paint on canvas
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Landscape painting
Dimensions105 cm × 128 cm (41 in × 50 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse
Accession1884

Entrance to a Forest is a 1660s landscape painting by the Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael. It today belongs to the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Mulhouse, France. Its inventory number is D.58.1.82.[1]

The painting is catalogued as number 384 in the complete catalogue established by Seymour Slive in 2001.[2] Slive describes it as "now obscured by dark, yellowed varnish and grime"; it has been cleaned up since.

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  1. ^ a b Dubois-Brinkmann, Isabelle (November 2019). Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse. Œuvres choisies. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse. p. 20. ISBN 978-2-36701-186-8.
  2. ^ Slive, Seymour (2001). Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 295. ISBN 0-300-08972-4. Retrieved 2 June 2022.