Pieter des Ruelles: A Fleeting Vision of the Dutch Golden Age Pieter des Ruelles (1630-1658), a name perhaps less familiar than his contemporaries within the Dutch Golden Age, nevertheless represents a captivating and remarkably consistent voice in landscape painting. Born in Amsterdam during a period of unprecedented artistic flourishing, des Ruelles’ tragically short life – he passed away at just 28 – nonetheless yielded a body of w…