The Forest Stream, ca. 1660, Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99. 7 x 129. 2 cm), Paintings, Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29?1682 Amsterdam), In the early fifties Van Ruisdael traveled in the wooded hill country of Germany near the Dutch border. His interest in this romantic landscape was reinforced after about 1656, when he settled in Amsterdam and became familiar with the views of Scandinavian landscapes by Allart van Everdingen