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The Windmill

1641
(Dutch, 1606–1669)
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 15.5 x 21.3 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.); Platemark: 14.6 x 20.9 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein 233 (XVIII.112)
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
A horizontally oriented etching in black ink on cream paper depicts a large windmill on the left. The structure features a thatched top and latticework sails. A wooden walkway joins it to a low-roofed house. The landscape flattens toward the right horizon where two tiny figures stand. Fine, layered lines and stippling texture the ground and sky. In the bottom right corner, text reads "Rembrandt f. 1641."

The Windmill

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)
Netherlands

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