Pencil and wash drawing of a thatched windmill beside a white wooden fence, two figures walking on the right, grey cloudy sky, grassy foreground.

The Laakmolen near The Hague, Thatched Windmill

A thatched Dutch windmill dominates the scene, its large sails cropped by the top edge, beside a low wooden fence and two walking figures on the right. A smaller thatched shed with a waterwheel sits at left under a grey, cloudy sky, drawn in fine pencil and wash over a grassy foreground.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1882
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Size: 3200 × 2152 px

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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1882; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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