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Cottage at the Top of a Hill, c. 1660. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.
Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 18.6 × 26.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Cottage at the Top of a Hill
- Artist
- Jacob van Ruisdael Dutch, 1628/29-1682
- Date
- c. 1660
- Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 18.6 × 26.8 cm (7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 19.6 × 27.7 cm (7 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.)
- Credit line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.