A horse and figures centre left (since overpainted) and a rider and boy on the right were shown by pigment analysis to be postseventeenth-century additions and were removed in 1997. Two windmills are set against a dramatic sky, with a view of the church of St Bavo of Haarlem in the background. Further Information: The handling and subject-matter are typical of Ruisdael's work in the mid-1650s.of that year Ð 'I shall begin painting as soon as I have the loan of a sweet little picture by Jacob Ruysdael to copyÉ') London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811 Bourgeois Bequest, 1811 (as by Rembrandt). Provenance: Perhaps in England by 1799 (a copy of this painting by Constable is perhaps that referred to in a letter of 4 Feb.32.44).This information is in the Constable, A Master Draughtsman exh. Constable is recorded visiting the Gallery on 30 July 1830 with 5 other Royal Academicians and chose the picture by Ruysdael and five other paintings for copying (see Reynolds, 1984, p. On the reverse of this ocpy, under a label, is a faint inscription which reads 'Copied by John Constable RA feb 1831 from the original picture by J. The picture is in a private collection near Leicester. Constable copy reproduced in cat London, Arts Council, 'Shock of Recognition', exh. Title: Landscape with Windmills near Haarlem.
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