Het Molentje (The Little Mill), 1670-1800
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Anonymous gift in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Minneapolis Institute of Artexpand_more 2015.127
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Martin Royalton Kisch identified this drawing, long attributed to Antonie van Borssom, as a copy of one by Aert de Gelder in the British Museum (1860,0616.129). De Gelder, Rembrandt’s final student and long-lived acolyte carried his master’s style forward into the 18th century. Royalton Kish dates the original drawing as 1670-1700. It is difficult to date the drawing offered here. Close copies have been made of Rembrandt and Rembrandt-school drawings ever since the 17th century, but the present one is on hand-made laid paper consistent with 17th and 18th century usage.
Details
- Title
- Het Molentje (The Little Mill)
- Artist Life
- 1645–1727
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.127
- Provenance
- Sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, November 17, 1980, no. 105, as Aert de Gelder'; [Richard J. Collins Old Master Paintings and Drawings, New York, as Anthonie van Borssom; sold in 1980s to private collection, Minneapolis]; private collection, Minneapolis (1980s-2015)
- Curator Approved
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