HOBBEMA, Meyndert
(b. 1638, Amsterdam, d. 1709, Amsterdam)

A Hamlet in a Woodland Glade of Oaks

c. 1663
Oil on oak panel, 37 x 49 cm
Private collection

Hobbema's fame rests on a group of landscapes painted between 1662 and 1668, most of which are composed along similar lines to the present example, with a hamlet of thatched timber-framed farmhouses nestling under oak trees growing in thin, sandy soil.