Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943 · London : Seeley · leaf 42
OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 49 Ruisdaels great fame rests, perhaps, as much on his historical im-portance as on his actual merit. With Hobbema he prepared the wayfor Crome and Constable, and through them for Rousseau and thelandscape of modern France. But, taken on his own merits, he is… … Fig. 17.— The Cornfield. By J. Ruisdael. B. 5. more various, more subtle, altogether finer than Hobbema, except whenHobbema is at his very best, as in the severely charming Avenue ofMiddleharnis. Hobbema often fails to convince, because he has notsufficiently felt his subject ; and so he will paint…
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