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Painted landscape of a windmill on a hill above a river, with a fisherman, farmhouse and dramatic cumulus clouds.

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A windmill stands on a grassy hill above a winding river, with a small red-roofed farmhouse nearby and a fisherman seated at the water's edge. Heavy cumulus clouds fill the sky while a figure walks along the flat meadows on the right.

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Date

1776

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Print

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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