Keywords: Georges Michel, The Mill of Montmartre, ca. 1820.jpg In the first quarter of the nineteenth century Montmartre was still a picturesque suburb of Paris where about forty windmills could be seen Michel loved this stretch of land and painted many views of it throughout his career The detailed observation and the rather precise technique of this picture suggest that it was done around 1820 ~ 1820 Oil on canvas Size cm 73 7 101 6 Institution Metropolitan Museum of Art object history exhibition history credit line Bequest of Collis P Huntington 1900 437080 accession number 25 110 8 PD-100 Images of Paris from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Paintings of Montmartre Cityscape paintings of Paris Georges Michel 1820 in Paris Mills in art |