''Two Mills'' is a 1650s painting by the

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painter

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. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of

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, France. Its inventory number is 625. The painting belongs to a series of depictions of a

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either at near

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, or at

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near

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. It was bought at

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for the Strasbourg museum by

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around 1892; the painting had previously belonged to the collector Albert Levy of London and Colnaghi had bought it at the sale of Levy's collection on 16 June 1876, item number 360, for 126

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Paintings in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg 1650s paintings Paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael Water in art Oil on panel paintings {{1650s-painting-stub

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