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Dark, loosely painted landscape with a windmill, a small figure, and a moored boat under a heavy sky.

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A dark, loosely brushed landscape shows a tall windmill with a broad wooden body rising beside a pale, flat horizon. A small figure stands near the foreground water, and a moored boat lies at lower center beside a path. The painting is attributed to Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and dated 1850, and is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Date

1850

Medium

Painting

Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

License

Public domain

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