This painting shows a tan pathway curving through long green grass, dark green moss, and tall flowers in shades of white, pink, and blue, towards a wooden windmill situated on a hill in the horizon. The blades of the windmill face the left, and behind it is a cloudy sky. Near the pathway, in the bottom left corner of the painting, there is a wooden fence where a woman and child are seated. On the other side of the fence, a brown-and-white cow grazes. The landscape gradually rises towards the windmill, and in the distance the land fades into the horizon. The scene features a warm color…
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The Windmill

Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841 - 1901)

probably after 1884

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.) ; framed: 66 x 57.8 x 8.3 cm (26 x 22 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of R. Horace Gallatin
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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