The watermill (c. 1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael.It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1876, No. 80, and 1902, No. 134. In the collection of the Right Hon. Lewis Fry, Clifton, Bristol. " This scene is very similar to other paintings Ruisdael and his pupil Hobbema made in this period and these often served as inspiration for later painters of landscape. * * Rijksmuseum, by Hobbema. * Rijksmuseum, by Hobbema.