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Artist:
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Meindert Hobbema
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Title:
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Wooded Landscape with Watermill
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Date:
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c. 1665
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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39 3/8 x 52 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (100.01 x 133.99 x 3.18 cm) (canvas)
38 5/8 x 52 in. (98.11 x 132.08 cm) (sight)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 311
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The figure in the red coat was apparently not part of the original composition but was added in the 19th century by another hand.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Hobbema, Meindert
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1638 - 1709
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature LR: [m. hobbema] (new) frame verso, R in yellow chalk: [E8290]
(old) frame verso, R in white chalk: [TRUND/B]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Wooded landscape with watermill, on the right bank of stream to left of center, a huntsman in a scarlet coat. Beyond the mill in left background, a tile-roofed cottage. To the right a herdsman with cattle in a road. The scene is the same as that in the Louvre (2404) painting in which the mill is seen from side. The figures are attributed to Lingelbach. Frame 84.32, c.1650, Dutch ebonized fruitwood ripple frame, 42 x 49 in. Purchased from Paul Mitchell, London. The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Netherlands, , ,
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Accession #:
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41.2
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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