“Moulins en Hollande”

Size	13×18 cm
Medium	etching
Signature	lower right in the plate, Rotterdam 1867 Jongkind
Reference	Delteil 14, 2th state of 3

This lively etching of windmills along a canal near Rotterdam has the freshness and spontaneity of a sketch made on the spot – qualities greatly admired by Jongkind's contemporaries, including pre-Impressionist painters. Jongkind, hailed by the French painter Édouard Manet as the "father of the modern landscape," was also clearly indebted to Rembrandt's approach to nature. As a Dutch artist who made etchings, Jongkind could not escape Rembrandt's influence, especially this one.