Jacob van Ruisdael, sketching a watermill, Albert Gerard Bilders, 1864.
This painting was part of a 'historical gallery', a collection of paintings and sculptures that praise Dutch art. Landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael was one of the seventeenth-century artists who were honoured with a painting. He was presented here in the open air, sketching a watermill. Bilders was clearly better at painting the landscape than at depicting the figure.
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