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Meel Moolen: P.1783-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Meel Moolen
Translated as: Flour Mill
Dutch Landscapes with Windmills

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lons, Dirck Eversen

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1631

Note

II/II (?).

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 199 mm Width 163 mm
Sheet Height 199 mm Width 163 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: lons: feci:
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Meel Moolen
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 3
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Foolscap with seven-pointed collar
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: N12706 - 2i (?)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: D E Lons f
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1783-1991
Primary reference Number: 86150
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 15 II/II (?)
Wurzbach: 4c
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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