Minneapolis Institute of Art

Het Molentje (The Little Mill)

After Aert de Gelder; Formerly attributed to Anthonie van Borssom

Date

1670–1800

Medium

Pen, brush and brown ink

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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. Netherlands, Europe

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