The Water Mill (The Trevor Landscape)
1667 Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
This Dutch Golden Age landscape features a water mill nestled within a densely wooded setting, characteristic of Hobbema's focus on rural nature. It is rendered with fine attention to foliage, texture, and the play of light across the scene.
Did you know?
Meindert Hobbema was a student of Jacob van Ruisdael, and while Ruisdael often focused on the dramatic and stormy, Hobbema's work usually leans toward a quieter, more peaceful depiction of the Dutch landscape. Interestingly, Hobbema held a respectable, long-term post as a wine gauger for the Amsterdam city octroi, meaning painting was technically a secondary career for him throughout much of his life.
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The Water Mill (The Trevor Landscape)
Meindert Hobbema, 1667
