
Dune Landscape near Haarlem, also known asThe Bush andThe Thicket near Haarlem, is anoil on canvas painting by theDutch Golden Age painterJacob van Ruisdael. It is in the collection of theLouvre in Paris.[1]
The painting is calledDune Landscape near Haarlem in Slive's 2001 catalogue raisonné of Ruisdael, catalogue number 60.[1]Hofstede de Groot called itLandscape near Haarlem orThe Bush in his 1911 catalogue raisonne; catalogue number 890.[2]
The painting is not dated. Slive dates it to 1647.[1] The Louvre dates it 1653.[3]It was in the collection ofKing Louis XVI.[4]
In the 19th centuryVincent van Gogh called this painting by Ruisdael, along withThe Breakwater andRay of Light, "magnificent".[5]
The Louvre has in French: "Le Buisson ou Chemin dans les dunes harlemoises". Its inventory number is INV. 1819. Its dimensions are 68 cm x 82 cm.[3]