There are many Dutch painters I am in complete awe of. This is not one of those though, I think. This painting is a bit drab and looks as though it needs restoration. As though his colours are light affected or the varnish or oils have yellowed. It's fairly basic too. Looking him up: "Hobbema is not mentioned by Arnold Houbraken, the Vasari of the Dutch Golden Age, or indeed any literary source during his lifetime at all, and his work rarely appears in early auction catalogues, fetching little when it does." Apparently Constable loved him and I can see how he followed Hobbema's lead in using variegated lighting - although Constable's work is grand by comparison.
