Who painted “The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede”?

“The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede” was painted by Jacob van Ruisdael in 1670. Where to see it: Rijksmuseum.

What to look for

Baroque: Renaissance painting is calmer and evenly lit; Rococo after it is lighter, paler and playful. Dutch Golden Age painting is the Protestant, everyday side of the same century.

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (c. 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. Wikipedia

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More by Jacob van Ruisdael

“The Jewish Cemetery”, 1654–1655
“View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields”, 1670
“The Ray of Light”, 1665
“A Wooded Marsh”, 1665
“Castle Bentheim”, 1653
“View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground”, 1666
“Landscape with Waterfall”, 1668
“View of Naarden and the church of Muiderberg”, 1647