Jan Bikkers, Rotte or Schie with mill and the Laurenskerk in the distance, Rotterdam, village view painting material oil painting cardboard, Peat landscape with view of Rotterdam from the north. Gray cloudy sky On the horizon the tower of the Grote - or Laurenskerk with the flag in top. In the foreground diked river with waving reeds on the banks (the Rotte or the Schie) that flows past group of farms with haystack. Central to the performance small wipwater mill and tree parties village view topography Rotterdam Rotte Schie mill city profile water management Schieland