Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The location of this scene, probably near Paris, has not been identified with certainty. Unlike most painters of this time, Michel never traveled to Italy and focused only on depicting locations in France. Michel was always interested in Dutch art, however, and was nicknamed the "French Ruisdael"-a reference to the 17th-century Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-1682). After about 1808, Michel explored personal interpretations of landscape, focusing on light, sky, and space. The brooding, vaguely threatening atmosphere in this painting embodies the Romantic notion that human beings are insignificant relative to the larger forces of nature.
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Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) — Italian Landscape
Philips Wouwerman — Dune Landscape with a Signal Post
Roelant Roghman — Mountainous landscape with waterfall
Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael — Landscape with Ruins
Joris van der Haagen — Mountainous Landscape with a Ruin
Willem Roelofs (I) — Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing
Pieter de Neyn — Frederik Hendrik’s Siege of ’s-Hertogenbosc
Herman Saftleven — Rhine Landscape near Boppard
Georges Michel — The Mill of Montmartre
Pieter Rudolph Kleijn — Gezicht op de vlakte van Montmorency
Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682) — Landscape with a 
Gijsbert Gillisz de Hondecoeter — Landscape with Herdsmen
