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A Windmill on a Polder Waterway

From the series One hundred masterpieces
A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as ‘In the Month of July’ Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël (1828–1903), oil on canvas, c. 1889

The windmill occupies the centre of the composition. But for the painter Paul Gabriel it was really all about the sky and the water. Do you see the reflections?

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