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#27 - Dutch Landscape Paintings

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A windmill. Two hunched countrymen. Lots of drab sky.

17th Century Dutch landscape paintings can be very dull, but is there something more exciting going on? Maybe. The writer Andrew Male takes a closer look at these works of art, and discovers a pastoral snapshot, which might be the world's first 'humblebrag'.

Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Andrew Male Producer: Luke Doran

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