Masterpieces of Dutch Landscape show reunites 400 year-old paintings
(Artdaily.org)

A stunning collection of paintings from the 1600s, known as the “Golden Age” of Dutch landscape painting, went on display in the Ulster Museum. The Masterpieces of Dutch Landscape exhibition includes four masterworks on loan from the National Gallery of Ireland. The loan was proposed by the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin to celebrate the Ulster Museum’s acquisition of The Cornfield from the Beit Foundation in lieu of tax. The National Gallery of Ireland and the Ulster Museum both now have major works by Jacob van Ruisdael: The Castle at Bentheim and The Cornfield. Jacob van Ruisdael is widely considered the foremost landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age. The two paintings were originally in the Sir Alfred Beit Collection. This special exhibition offers the rare chance to reunite these two masterpieces after more than thirty years. Other