Landscape with a Windmill

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Windmill

Jacob van RuisdaelLinkedCulture matchlcp-408c23b5078c

Date
1646
Medium
oil on wood
Culture
Netherlands
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
143234

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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. 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.

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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.

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