Description
A large wooden windmill occupies the left of Rembrandt’s landscape, its sails and projecting beams rising above the low terrain. A cottage lies farther toward the center and right, while open country extends along a modest horizon. The mill brings a complex, working structure into a scene whose surrounding ground remains comparatively quiet and spacious.
Dated 1641, The Windmill is an etching with touches of drypoint. Rembrandt gives the building interest through the relationship of its angular parts, allowing the supporting frame and sails to establish several directions at once. The nearby dwelling and low land keep that structure within an inhabited environment. The print makes a familiar piece of rural architecture visually substantial, inviting attention to how a practical building can organize the space around it.
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