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Het Molentje
Draughtsman: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The inn 'Het Molentje' [The Little Mill] took its name from the Windmill next to it, on the right bank of the Amstel, beyond the Diemer Meer. The view is taken from near the manor house of Welna on the opposite bank of the river
History note: A.A. VanSittart (Lugt 2479 ter.)
Height: 83 mm
Width: 226 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1862) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur
Production date: circa AD 1654
Bodycolour
Brown ink
Brown wash
Support composed of paper ( roughly textured, buff)
Drawing (image-making) : Pen, brown ink and brown wash, some white bodycolour in the windows, on roughly textured buff paper
Accession number: 601
Primary reference Number: 5023
Lugt: 2479
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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