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Swedish landscape with a watermill
Swedish landscape with a watermill is an oil painting by Allart van Everdingen. It dates from 1655 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Subject & Meaning
As a work of the landscape genre, the piece depicts a specific natural environment rather than an allegorical or religious scene.
Allaert van Everdingen's 1655 oil painting presents a Swedish landscape centered on a watermill. The composition features a tree as a primary visual element within this rural setting. As a work of the landscape genre, the piece depicts a specific natural environment rather than an allegorical or religious scene.
The available records identify the physical components of the view but do not elaborate on specific symbolic meanings or broader representational intentions beyond the depiction of the terrain and its structures.
Technique & Style
Swedish landscape with a watermill is an oil painting executed on a canvas support. Created in 1655 by Allaert van Everdingen, the work belongs to the landscape genre and depicts a scene featuring trees and a watermill. The physical dimensions of the canvas measure 66 cm in height and 60 cm in width.
As an oil-on-canvas piece from the mid-17th century, the medium allows for the detailed rendering of the natural environment characteristic of the artist's style.
History & Provenance
Allaert van Everdingen produced Swedish landscape with a watermill in 1655, executing it in oil paint on canvas. The painting subsequently entered the collection of Henric Muilman, and later passed into the ownership of Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll. It is now held by the Rijksmuseum.
The painting titled Swedish landscape with a watermill, attributed to Allaert van Everdingen, is part of the Rijksmuseum collection in Amsterdam. It was acquired from the bequest of Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll and Henric Muilman, who previously owned the work. The artwork is catalogued under the inventory number SK-A-1365 and has been displayed in the museum's exhibition titled "Dutch and Flemish Painting in the Rijksmuseum," highlighting its significance within the institution's holdings of 17th-century Dutch landscapes.
Overview
Allaert van Everdingen’s 1655 oil painting, Swedish Landscape with a Watermill, presents a tranquil rural scene. The composition features rolling hills, a rocky path, a modest watermill beside a stream, and a thatched‑roof cottage, all set beneath a bright, partly clouded sky.
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Artist
Allaert van Everdingen (Dutch pronunciation:; bapt. 18 June 1621 – 8 November 1675 (buried)), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint.
