This painting displays a landscape with two windmills, one in the center and one in the distance on the right. The windmills are on the other side of a gray body of water that reflects the green and brown surroundings, with the grassy bank closer to us visible at the bottom of the painting. A blue boat is in the water, right below the main windmill. On the right a bridge seems to cross the water, framed by white railing. Two people seem to walk across the bridge towards the central windmill, one adult and one child, both dark silhouettes against the sky. On the left are leafless trees in…
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View of the Mill and Bridge on the Noordwest Buitensingel in The Hague

painter Jacob Maris (Dutch, 1837 - 1899)

1873

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81 x 144 cm (31 7/8 x 56 11/16 in.) ; framed: 110.5 x 176.5 x 11.4 cm (43 1/2 x 69 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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