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A Landscape with a Farm on the Bank of a River

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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A lone tree, stark against the skyline, almost tumbles down the side of a dune. It seems to stand for the hard life led by farmers close to the sea in seventeenth-century Holland. But a patch of sunlight picks out two men on horseback, seemingly chatting, and a woman nursing a baby with a child beside her, suggesting that there is warmth and leisure even in this bleak landscape.

Close by, two men point out fishermen in a boat on the river. Further in the distance on a hillside, two men survey the mountains ahead. Wouwerman has included these for artistic effect: there are no mountains in Holland.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Landscape with a Farm on the Bank of a River

Date

1650-66

Medium

Oil on oak

Measurements

H 40 x W 55.7 cm

Accession number

NG1345

Acquisition method

Bought, 1891

Work type

Painting

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