![Claude Monet - Windmill in Zaandam [1871]](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1655/24537258923_c85ca46b1a_o.jpg)
In the present work Monet depicts a windmill known as Het Oosterkattegat’which stood on the outskirts of the Zuiddijk in Zaandam. Looking north toward the town, the bell tower of the Oosterzijderkerk can be seen in the distance. The Monet family lived in Zaandam for four months over the summer of 1871. Zaandam was famous for its many mills which performed myriad functions: crushing, pumping, sawing and turning every conceivable material. Appropriately Het Oosterkattegat was used to grind pigments.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 50 x 75 cm]