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The entrance to the woods  1650

by Philips Koninck

A watery landscape with an assortment of mills: at first sight a typical Dutch scene. Yet the purple mountains in the distance suggest an Italian view. To convey the wide panorama, Philips Koninck adopted a high vantage point. He depicted several [br]majestic trees, rendered in brownish-green impasto in the foreground. Further back, a meandering river leads into the distan...
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum