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The cottage on the hill: 31.K.12-121

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Titles

The cottage on the hill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ruisdael, Jacob van

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Description

A thatched cottage perched on a steep hillside at the far left; pine and spruce trees on the hillside below the cottage overhang a lake in the valley below. Another cottage on the other side of the water to the right and a church with a steeple in the trees beyond.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.12-121
Primary reference Number: 33477
Bartsch: 3
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 3

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "The cottage on the hill" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/33477 Accessed: 2025-12-05 12:09:27

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