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Landscape with a Windmill
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLandscape with a Windmill , 1646. Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682). Oil on wood; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1967.19
