The Windmill

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a black and white etching showing a windmill from a side perspective. The windmill's structure is detailed, with its sails extending upward and to the left. The fine lines and cross-hatching in the etching depict textures like the brickwork of the windmill and the thatched roof. The landscape extends into the distance with sparse buildings and an open sky. The color palette is limited to black, gray, and off-white tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.6 x 20.6 cm (5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.5 x 21.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1955.6.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 233, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 163, repro.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 82, 65.

1990

  • Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 4, repro.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 4.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993-, no. 200, state only.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower right: Rembrandt f. 1641

Watermarks

fleur de lis

Wikidata ID

Q65364837

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