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Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark gre
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Holland / c. 1665

The Watermill with the Great Red Roof

The Watermill with the Great Red Roof

Look closely at The Watermill with the Great Red Roof. Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Give the image another moment. Which detail changes the way you see the whole? The Art Institute dates The Watermill with the Great Red Roof to c. 1665.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709) made this painting. The museum dates it c. 1665.

The original museum record has the full image, attribution, and catalog details. Return to the work after reading its record and see what you notice.

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Art Institute of ChicagoThe Watermill with the Great Red Roof

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