Keywords: Claude Monet - Windmills Near Zaandam - Walters 37894.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748447 en Following his exile in England during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 Monet stopped in Zaandam a picturesque town near Amsterdam from May through October of 1871 During his stay he painted about 20 small views of the town and its environs In this example a lone girl walks along the footpath between Oostzaan and Zaandam By limiting the range of colors Monet conveys the atmosphere of an overcast day Similar muted colors were found in the works of the contemporary Netherlandish landscape painters known as The Hague school 1871 Oil on canvas cm 40 72 ; size cm 73 98 106 84 14 61 accession number 37 894 31455 Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris January 18 1873 no 45 Moulins de Zaandam Portier Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Boussod Valadon et Cie as agent Guyotin Paris 1887 by purchase Erwin Davis New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Durand-Ruel 1899 date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore after 1909 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1909 Claude Monet ~ From Ingres to Gauguin French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1951 Parallels and Precedents Baltimore's George A Lucas Collection Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1995 Before Monet Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum The Road to Impressionism Landscapes from Corot to Manet The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 Inspiring Impressionism High Museum of Art Atlanta; Denver Art Museum Denver; Seattle Art Museum Seattle 2007-2008 The Road to Impressionism Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; The Frick Art Historical Center Pittsburgh 2008-2009 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin Zaandam place depicted Zaandam 170 PD-old-auto 1926 paintings by Claude Monet in the United States Zaandam French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Windmills in art Before Monet A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum 1870s paintings by Claude Monet 1871 paintings Netherlands by Claude Monet |