Minneapolis Institute of Art Invites Public Vote on Restoration Option

artwork: Meindert Hobbema - "Wooded Landscape with a Watermill" (as it appears at present, with the hunter in the foreground), circa 1668 - Oil on canvas. Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. - MIA are currently asking the public whether or not to restore the painting to its original condition.


Minneapolis,MN – The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) have invited a public vote (through their ‘Bubbler’ blog) on whether to get rid of an interloper gunman. For years, MIA curators have suspected that the enthusiastic sportsman in the foreground of Meindert Hobbema’s “Wooded Landscape with a Watermill” was added at a later date. Based on descriptions of the painting found in 18th and 19th century auction catalogues, they have now determined that the figure in the red frock-coat was added between 1810 and 1828. “Wooded Landscape with a Watermill” can be placed in England by 1806, where it appeared at the estate sale of a “Mr. Crawford, who on account of commercial pursuits, had resided many years in Holland,” where he likely purchased the work.

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