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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1895,0915.1297
Description
Landscape with a windmill; houses behind fenced enclosure, a river in the foreground Black chalk, with grey wash
Producer name
Drawn by:
Jacob Isaaksz van Ruisdael
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1643-1682
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
91 millimetres
Width:
150 millimetres
Curator's comments
A study for the picture in Buckingham Palace (H. de G. 173; engraved by T.A. Prior, see 2009,7090.1.6 (illustration to 'Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la gravure', Paris, 1863).
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(11)
JCR / Descriptive Catalogue of drawings by old masters forming the collection of John Malcolm of Poltalloch
(823)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
windmill
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Col John Wingfield Malcolm
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Saportas
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Gérard Leembruggen
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Malcolm of Poltalloch
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0915.1297