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Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709)
Early Paintings
Few of Hobbema's landscapes represent a real locale. Instead they abound with motifs inspired by the earlier compositions of Ruisdael, in whose footsteps Hobbema followed until around 1664.
His earliest known work, Landscape with River (1658, Detroit Institute of Arts), was a favourite subject of the young artist.
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The Landscapes of 1659 (Fine Arts Museum, Grenoble; National Gallery, Edinburgh) are derived from Ruisdael, to whom he again turned for inspiration in 1660, in his forest landscapes: A Woody Landscape with a Cottage (National Gallery, London) and The Edge of the Woods, with Farm (1662, Alte Pinakothek, Munich).
The foliage in paintings such as the Landscape with Forest near Haarlem (1663, Museum of Ancient Art, Brussels), The Forest (1664, Hermitage, St Petersburg) or The Village among Trees (1665, Frick Collection, New York) is defined with extreme precision.
The Haarlem Lock, Amsterdam (Nationa