# View of Alkmaar from the Sea [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUYSDAEL, Salomon van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 36 x 33 cm ## Commentary View of Alkmaar from the Sea c. 1650 Oil on panel, 36 x 33 cm Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Pedralbes In this composition of almost square format the water occupies only a small part. The marked horizontality is balanced by the sails of the boats in the foreground. The canvas centres on the meeting of the sea and sky, and the lighting effects this implies. ## Related artworks - [A Country Road]() - [A Ferry Boat near Arnheim]() - [A Winter Landscape]() - [Drawing the Eel]() - [Dutch Vessels at the Mouth of an Estuary \(detail\)]() - [Dutch Vessels at the Mouth of an Estuary]() - [Ferry near Gorinchem \(detail\)]() - [Ferry near Gorinchem]() - [Fishing Boats on a River]() - [Halt at an Inn \(detail\)]() - [Halt at an Inn]() - [Landscape \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()