Willem Roelofs (1822-1897), Passing rain by a windmill in the polders near Abcoude, oil on panel, 18x24,5 cmPainted circa 1850-1859., Exhibited:-The Hague, Pulchri Studio, ‘Tentoonstelling Willem Roelofs’, 1907, no. 39 (collection Mr W.J. van Randwijk). Literature:-H.P. Bremmer, `Willem Roelofs, 100 lichtdrukken naar zijn werken, vertegenwoordigd op de Eere-tentoonstelling in Pulchri Studio`, October 1907, ill. no. 23. Provenance:-Collection Mr Jhr. W.J. Randwijk, The Hague, 1907 (a label `Jhr Randwijk` is attached on the reverse).-With Kunsthandel A. Preyer, Amsterdam (a label attached to the reverse)., signed `W: Roelofs.` (lower right), Please compare to a painting with a similar composition of the same location, in the collection of the Kunstmuseum, The Hague, inv. no. 0332454, and illustrated in: M. van Heteren and R.J. te Rijdt, `Willem Roelofs (1822-1897), De adem der natuur`, Bussum 2006, ill. p. 31, no. 20, as: `Polderlandschap met molen bij Abcoude`, painted circa 1870.