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The Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum , on loan to the Rijksmuseum .
The painting shows the windmill "Het Land van Beloften" (also known as "De Eendracht", "De Binnen Tuchthuismolen" and "De Roosboom"). The mill was built in the late C17th and was demolished in 1876 and moved to Leusden, Utrecht. It stood on the banks of the Amstel near the Skinny Bridge (Magere Brug)/Amstelsluizen. References
It shows a windmill and fields in the foreground, with the North Sea sand dunes near the painter's birthplace of Haarlem in the background. It is signed and dated JvR 1646 . [ 1 ] The work shows that at this date Jacob was still strongly influenced by the style of his uncle and teacher Salomon van Ruysdael . [ 2 ]
Landscape with a Windmill Near a Town Moat (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 a private collection. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "174. LANDSCAPE WITH A WIND-MILL. Sm. 135.
The Mill is a painting by Dutch baroque artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.It is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. [1] For a long time, the attribution to Rembrandt was regarded as doubtful; it has been restored in recent years, although it is not universally accepted. [2]
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The painting features the Moulin de Blute-Fin, a 17th-century grain-mill, which was an attraction for its views of Paris. At this time there were three windmills on the butte, but this was the windmill van Gogh favored as a subject for his paintings. Moulin a Poivre, a second windmill, is just inside the left frame of the painting on the horizon.
The painting is catalogue number 130 in Seymour Slive's 2001 catalogue raisonné of Ruisdael. [1] The painting is number 173 in the 1911 catalogue raisonné by art historian Hofstede de Groot, where it is called A View in Holland: Landscape with a Windmill. [4] Its dimensions are 75.6 cm x 100.8 cm. It is signed in the lower left. [1]