Dredging a Canal

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Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam)
Date: 17th century
Medium: Pen and black ink over black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 15/16 in. (9.1 x 15.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, and Werner H. Kramarsky and Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Lepow Gifts, 1994
Accession no.: 1994.88

Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree
Jacob van Ruisdael
c. 1660–70 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00000264
Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond
Jacob van Ruisdael
1650–55 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001113
Landscape with Figure Resting Under Tree by Stream
Jacob van Ruisdael
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004001
Landscape with a Windmill
Jacob van Ruisdael
1646 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009246

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.