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An Overshot Watermill in a Wooded Landscape

Drawing
late 16th century - early 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watermill in a wooded landscape, a roadway leading from the foreground to a wooden bridge on the left; Drawn in pen, washed and slightly tinted, on paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAn Overshot Watermill in a Wooded Landscape (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with blue and grey washes, over traces of black chalk
Brief description
Drawing 'An Overshot Watermill in a Wooded Landscape', by Jan Brueghel the elder, Flemish School, pen and brown ink with washes, late 16th century - early 17th century
Physical description
Watermill in a wooded landscape, a roadway leading from the foreground to a wooden bridge on the left; Drawn in pen, washed and slightly tinted, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 184mm
  • Width: 271mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 528. Inscribed on verso of old washed mount, at upper left corner, in graphite, Brueghel.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
A.P.F. Robert-Dumesnil (1778–1864), Paris (L. 2200); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 458, pp. 378-79
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.528

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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