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Landscape with a Windmill
Jacob van Ruisdael1646
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Landscape with a Windmill
- Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682)
- Date Created: 1646
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 69 x 88.5 x 4 cm (27 3/16 x 34 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 49.5 x 68.5 cm (19 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Sir Francis Cook;, Sir Frederick Cook;, Sir Herbert Cook, Doughty House, Richmond;, Sir Francis Cook, Le Coin, Jersey, Channel Islands;, Trustees of the Cook Collection (sale: Christie's, London, November 15, 1966, no. 55, listed as Follower of Ruisdael);, [F. Kleinberger & Co., New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.19
- Medium: oil on wood
- Inscriptions: Signed lower right: "JvR 1646 [JvR in monogram]"
- Fun Fact: 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.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1967.19
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