This painting shows a landscape with several buildings near a body of water. Closest to us, near the bottom right corner, a person in red leans over a wooden fence to cast a fishing rod into the water. The fence is surrounded by tall grass and bushes with small pink flowers. On the right, a path leads up towards the buildings. Two people and several dogs walk along the path towards us and away from the buildings, emerging from some tall dark trees. One person rides a white horse, while the other appears to hold a stick with several birds sitting on it, and offers a bird up to the rider.…
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Village near a Pool

Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638 - 1709)

c. 1670

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81 x 107 cm (31 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Widener Collection
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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