''Storm Off a Sea Coast'', also known as ''The Breakwater'', is a 1670

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on canvas painting by the

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Jacob van Ruisdael Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (; 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural ach ...

. It is in the collection of the

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in Paris. The painting is called ''A Storm at Sea Off the Dykes of Holland'' in the 1911 catalogue raisonné by Hofstede de Groot; it is catalogue number 961. He wrote "On the right is a dyke lined with piles, beyond which is a fisherman's cottage with a few trees. On the left corner of the dyke, great waves are breaking. Farther back rise the masts of several large vessels, as well as the stern with a Dutch flag." The painting is called ''Storm Off a Sea Coast'' in Slive's 2001 catalogue raisonné of Ruisdael, catalogue number 653. In the 19th century

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called this painting by Ruisdael, along with ''The Bush'' and ''Ray of Light'', "magnificent". The Louvre has in French: "L'Estacade ou Gros temps sur une digue de Hollande, dit aussi Une tempête". Its inventory number is INV. 1818. Its dimensions are 110 cm x 160 cm.

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