Mountainous River Landscape with a Watermill in the Foreground
Drawing
16th century (drawn)
16th century (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
On the left, steps rise steeply up to buildings perched on top of the rocks; below, an overshot mill beside a road, with two pairs of travellers, leading down through a gateway to the river below; in the background, a town divided by a river.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Mountainous River Landscape with a Watermill in the Foreground (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with grey wash |
| Brief description | Drawing 'Mountainous River Landscape with a Watermill in the Foreground' by Hans Bol, Flemish School, Pen and brown ink, 16th century |
| Physical description | On the left, steps rise steeply up to buildings perched on top of the rocks; below, an overshot mill beside a road, with two pairs of travellers, leading down through a gateway to the river below; in the background, a town divided by a river. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed at upper left, in graphite, 137. |
| Object history | William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617); Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 449, illus. 373 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.973-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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