A Cottage in the Woods
c. 1662
Meindert Hobbema
Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709)
European Painting and Sculpture
A Cottage in the Woods, c. 1662. Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709). Oil on canvas; framed: 122.5 x 149 x 12 cm (48 1/4 x 58 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 84 x 111.4 cm (33 1/16 x 43 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.641 A windmill, an important symbol of Dutch identity, can be found in the background of this painting.
- Maker/Artist
- Hobbema, Meindert
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 122.5 x 149 x 12 cm (48 1/4 x 58 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 84 x 111.4 cm (33 1/16 x 43 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: "m. hobbema"
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.641
- Credit Line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection, Exhibition of Great Paintings; Five Centuries of Dutch Art, Exhibition of a Single Fine Painting, Dutch Painting, The Golden Age, Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Royal Institute, Liverpool, United Kingdom (1823).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 213 Dutch Painting
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