View of Egmond aan Zee [SEP] creator
View of Egmond aan Zee
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View of Egmond aan Zee (c. 1650s) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael.
It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "50. VIEW OF EGMOND AAN ZEE. The village lies in 
the middle distance, with the sea beyond. The church with its stumpy square tower rises
Egmond aan Zee
Egmond aan Zee is a village on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, about 9 km west of Alkmaar. 
Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond-Binnen and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond. In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.
History.
This best-known of the three villages of Egmond was formed