Polder landscape

Polder landscape presents a wide, flat Dutch marshscape with a low horizon, a waterway running through the middle ground, and several windmills dotted along the distant shore, with small boats on the water. The palette is restrained, dominated by earth browns and ochres with grays and pale blues in the sky, and the light is diffuse, giving a soft atmospheric depth. The scene embodies van Goyen’s 17th‑century tonal landscape style, featuring a broad sky, subtle tonal gradations, and a calm, observational approach to windmills, water, and flat land.