![Meindert Hobbema - Water Mills [c.1664-68]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/14163926760_c926430bf7_o.jpg)
Along with his master Jacob van Ruisdael, Hobbema (Amsterdam, 1638 - Amsterdam, 1709) was one of the main ambassadors of Dutch landscape painting in the 17th century, which ushered in a real revolution in the way nature was represented. The Dutch looked at nature in a new way, without neglecting its most humble aspects, and the human figure, absent or depicted in everyday life, blends in totally with the landscape.
[Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris - Oil on canvas, 77 x 111 cm]