Wooded Landscape with Watermill, c. 1665, Meindert Hobbema, Dutch, 1638–1709, 39 3/8 x 52 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( x x cm) (canvas)38 5/8 x 52 in. ( x cm) (sight), Oil on canvas, Netherlands, 17th century, The enthusiastic sportsman in the bright red coat draws the eye and adds a narrative to the landscape: Has he interrupted his ride to take an opportune shot' Yet he wasn’t in the original painting. He was added later—by another painter, no less—between 1810 and 1828. An 1809 sale catalogue describes the painting without him

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