Netherlands / 1646
Landscape with a Windmill
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Landscape with a Windmill as painting (Netherlands · 1646).
Look closely at the field across from the windmill: white linens are naturally bleached in the sun, a process that would have taken several months.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on wood and credits Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682).
The museum's collection notes: Even this early work by Jacob van Ruisdael—painted while he was still a teenager—shows his unique approach to landscape that made the simplest motifs seem grand and heroic. Dark forms are massed in the foreground, creating a stark contrast to the expansive, sunlit plain at left.
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