A Watermill, c.1663 Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709)

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We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

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In "A Watermill," Meindert Hobbema captures the serene and quiet world of 17th-century rural Holland with an almost magical touch. You can feel the air in this scene - thick and damp with the scent of trees and water. The mill itself - perched beside the shimmering river, almost alive with its creaky waterwheel - is a quintessential Hobbema motif. He gives us a humble building that feels as important as the towering trees around it. The mill, bathed in a soft, almost golden light, reflects on the water like a quiet conversation between nature and man.

Hobbema’s color palette is rich but restrained, dominated by a soft, naturalistic green that fills the foliage of the trees, echoing through the grass and the reflection in the water. The sky above, a slightly turbulent but pale blue-gray, contrasts with the earthiness below, drawing your eyes upward before bringing them back to the mill and the small figures on the path. The figures, just scattered enough to add a sense of life without overwhelming the scene, are dwarfed by the nature around them - a classic motif in Dutch landscape painting.

The composition is a masterstroke of balance. The trees to the left are heavy, yet they feel light, their branches fanning out like delicate lace. They contrast the geometric, structured form of the mill on the right, with its clean lines and gushing waterwheel. Hobbema handles the perspective subtly, leading the viewer's eye along the path, into the scene, and finally to the distant horizon, suggesting a world that stretches far beyond this moment.

What makes this work particularly memorable is the sense of stillness, the feeling of a world paused just before or after something important - yet without any urgency. Hobbema's genius is in making the ordinary feel profound.