However, there were differences in the tower he depicted and its unlikely that he was attempting an accurate take on scenery. Many believe that the church in the centre of Landscape with Church and Village is St Agatha at Beverwijk, located seven miles north of Haarlem where Ruisdael lived and worked. In a similar style to Koninck, van Ruisdael assumes a high viewpoint and dedicates over half the canvas to a sky brimming with clouds. In the late 1660s Jacob van Ruisdael painted numerous extensive landscapes, perhaps inspired by the work of Philip de Koninck.
