Windmills near Zaandam
Claude Monet (1840 - 1926), 1871
oil on canvas, 48.3 cm x 74.2 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association, the VSBfonds and the Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Could these Zaandam windmills have been painted from a boat on the water? It feels as if you are looking over Monet’s shoulder. The windmill’s orange and white sails stand out like festive flags against the grey Dutch sky.
Monet spent four months in Zaandam in 1871. He wrote about this place enthusiastically: ‘Houses of all colours, windmills by the hundreds and delightful boats […] with all this beautiful weather, so I’ve already got quite a few canvasses in the works.’ In his Zaandam paintings, the ever-changing weather conditions play a central role. In this case, it was a densely overcast day with some wind, as evident in the rippling water.
- Object number
- s0503S2001
- Dimensions
- 48.3 cm x 74.2 cm, 65.1 cm x 91.2 cm, 10.5 cm
- artist
- Claude Monet
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association, the VSBfonds and the Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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