Cattle Grazing at the Water's Edge

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Cattle Grazing at the Water's Edge

Willem Maris

Date
c.1880–90
Medium
Oil on canvas
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Dutch used windmills to pump salty water out of intricately designed irrigation systems, over dykes, and into the sea. They reclaimed land from marshes in order to graze cattle on their cheese and dairy farms. Netherlands, Europe

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