Wheat Fields, c.1670 Jacob van Ruisdael (c.1628-1682)

We create our paintings with museum quality and covering the highest academic standards. Once we get your order, it will be entirely hand-painted with oil on canvas. All the materials we use are the highest level, being totally artist graded painting materials and linen canvas.

We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

High quality and detailing in every inch are time consuming. The reproduction of Jacob van Ruisdael also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping, as this is crucial to not be damaged during transportation.
Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.

In case the delivery date needs to be extended in time, or we are overloaded with requests, there will be an email sent to you sharing the new timelines of production and delivery.

TOPofART wants to remind you to keep patient, in order to get you the highest quality, being our mission to fulfill your expectations.

We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
Painting reproduction is a high quality expensive product, which we cannot risk to damage by sending it being stretched.
Also, there are postal restrictions, regarding the size of the shipment.
Additionally, due to the dimensions of the stretched canvas, the shipment price may exceed the price of the product itself.

You can stretch and frame your painting in your local frame-shop.

Once the painting Wheat Fields is ready and dry, it will be shipped to your delivery address. The canvas will be rolled-up in a secure postal tube.

We offer free shipping as well as paid express transportation services.

After adding your artwork to the shopping cart, you will be able to check the delivery price using the Estimate Shipping and Tax tool.

The paintings we create are only of museum quality. Our academy graduated artists will never allow a compromise in the quality and detail of the ordered painting. TOPofART do not work, and will never allow ourselves to work with low quality studios from the Far East. We are based in Europe, and quality is our highest priority.

Jacob van Ruisdael’s "Wheat Fields" (c. 1670) is a grand, sweeping vision of the Dutch countryside - a landscape where the natural and the cultivated coexist in perfect harmony. The painting is dominated by towering cumulus clouds, rendered with a brooding realism that almost eclipses the land below. Yet, the earth has its own quiet power. The sandy road cuts diagonally through the composition, drawing the viewer in, inviting us to walk alongside the figures on the path - a man with a traveler's pack approaching a woman and child, their presence small against the vastness of sky and field.

Ruisdael’s use of light and shadow is masterful, with patches of sunlight breaking through the clouds and casting a glow on the fields of wheat, while darker shadows hint at an approaching storm. The palette is subdued yet rich, with muted greens, browns, and golds in the foreground and the soft blues and grays of the sky above. This balance between earth and sky, light and shadow, creates a sense of movement - the ever-changing weather of the Dutch lowlands captured in a moment of stillness.

The composition is both structured and organic. The road recedes rapidly into the distance, pulling the eye deep into the painting, while the trees along the horizon offer a natural boundary between land and sky. To the left, we catch a glimpse of boats on the faraway sea, connecting this rural scene to the wider world beyond. The figures on the road, though small, anchor the scene in human activity, suggesting a lived-in landscape, where people have shaped the land and are in turn shaped by it.

What’s remarkable about "Wheat Fields" is its ability to evoke the experience of walking through the countryside. Ruisdael doesn’t overwhelm with drama or spectacle, but instead conveys the quiet, enduring beauty of the land. The painting feels vast, yet intimate - a testament to Ruisdael’s genius in making the ordinary extraordinary. It’s a landscape that extends beyond the frame, capturing the infinite expanse of sky and field that defines the Dutch countryside. The work’s subtle grandeur lies in this interplay of space, light, and life - a reminder of nature’s majesty, even in its most cultivated forms.