A Windmill on a Polder Waterway by Paul Gabriël - c. 1889 - 102 × 66 cm Rijksmuseum A Windmill on a Polder Waterway by Paul Gabriël - c. 1889 - 102 × 66 cm Rijksmuseum

A Windmill on a Polder Waterway

Oil on canvas • 102 × 66 cm
  • Paul Gabriël - 5 July 1828 - 23 August 1903 Paul Gabriël c. 1889

Today we continue our special month with the Rijksmuseum's collection with this amazingly beautiful painting: A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’. Enjoy!

Paul Gabriël was a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, and etcher who belonged to the Hague School. He also loved his country; as he wrote in a letter: "Our country is saturated with color. ... I repeat, our country is not grey, not even in grey weather, nor are the dunes grey." Unlike many Hague School painters, he actually enjoyed depicting a beautiful summer day. There are even two of them in this painting: the image of the grass, sky, and mill, and their reflection in the water.

Have a great and calm Sunday!

P.S. Did you know 17-th century Dutch painters loved cows? Read more about it in our article.

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