Landscape with Windmill 1764 - 1804

"Landscape with Windmill" is a watercolor painting by Dutch artist Anthonie Erkelens (1774-1804) created between 1764 and 1804. The artwork depicts a traditional windmill situated on a bank next to a bridge spanning a waterway. The image's detail and style evoke the Dutch Golden Age of painting, emphasizing the rural landscape and daily life. This piece is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, measuring at 12 x 17 1/4 inches. The painting demonstrates Erkelens' meticulous attention to detail, capturing the textures of the windmill's wooden frame, the thatched roof, and the reflection of the scene on the water.