Although it was probably painted in The Hague, this is an outstanding example of the 'tonal phase' of Dutch landscape painting associated with the town of Haarlem. Van Goyen shows a flat landscape, featureless except for the windmill, small figures and distant buildings, as if from the top of a low hill. The sky occupies three-quarters of the picture space in this panoramic view; it is painted in a deliberately restricted palette of grey, brown, black and white enlivened only by a few strokes of yellow and green. The low horizon gives great prominence to the sky and clouds. Jan Josephsz. van Goyen (1596 - 1656) was one of the main pioneers of naturalistic landscape in early 17th-century Holland. His many drawings show that he travelled extensively in Holland and beyond. In 1634 he is recorded painting in Haarlem, in the house of Isaac, the brother of Salomon van Ruysdael, who was another of the pioneers of realistic landscape painting in the north Netherlands. [Oil on oak, 29.4 x 36.3 cm] gandalfsgallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jan-van-goyen-wind...

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About Jan Hofland (1937), Title: "Dubbel spel" 1990 (Double game) Acrylic on canvas The size is 110 cm x 106 cm Jan Hofland Art Academy Rotterdam (Painting) Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (Spatial formation and painting) State Examination Act M.O.A. To draw. Jan was 34 years lecturer in drawing and art history at the school for gold, silversmiths and engravers in Schoonhoven. Because of his passion for sport, he photographed for various sports associations. The paintings are exhibited both in the Netherlands and abroad. His art are valued and purchased worldwide.

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The 12th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was mustered into Union service January 25th 1862. The 12th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was organized in Indianapolis and Jeffersonville, Indiana. It mustered into Union service January 25th 1862 for a term of three years. They left the same for Louisville, Kentucky. The men took part in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi during May of 1862. The 12th joined the Army of the Ohio in June 1862 before being moved the Defenses of Nashville in September of that year. The 12th would also be on duty at the battles of Chattanooga, and the Battle of Nashville in 1864. The men of the 12th mustered out of service July 7th 1865. The Battery lost 24 men killed in action, and another 24 who from disease.