Landscape (Windmill)
17th century
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Ruth Felton Sowers
Accession Number
1971.452
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the tranquil world of 17th-century Dutch painting with *Landscape (Windmill)*, an evocative work by an unidentified Dutch artist from the Golden Age of Netherlands art. Created during a time of economic prosperity and cultural flourishing, this painting captures the flat, watery expanses that defined Dutch life, where innovative engineering like windmills powered daily existence—from milling grain to draining polders for farmland. These iconic structures, silhouetted against vast skies, became symbols of national pride and ingenuity in art. The composition draws viewers into a seren...