# The Mill, in 17th-century Netherlands

Rembrandt van Rijn painted this in 1645/1648, aged about 39. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A windmill stands dark on a bastion above the water, its sails catching the light against a stormy sky, while a woman washes clothes at the bank, a mother and child walk down the path and a man in a red jacket rows past.

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## The work

- Date: 1645/1648
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 87.6 x 105.6 cm (34 1/2 x 41 9/16 in.) framed: 125.1 × 142.24 cm (49 1/4 × 56 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942.9.62
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Rembrandt van Rijn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/rembrandt-van-rijn), Dutch, 1606–1669

Rembrandt trained in Leiden and Amsterdam, settled in Amsterdam in the early 1630s and became the city’s most sought-after portraitist.

14 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Rembrandt van Rijn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/rembrandt-van-rijn?hang=749) (14 works)
- [More Dutch and Flemish Baroque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/dutch-and-flemish-baroque?hang=749) (94 works)
- [The 17th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17?hang=749) (266 works)

## Get it

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- [The work's page](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-mill-nga-1201)