This drawing shows a 'wipmolen', a type of windmill used to drain land. Claes Jansz. Visscher made it as a preparatory study for the print ‘Ut emergant’, published in Roemer Visscher’s ‘Sinnepoppen’ (1614), a popular emblem book. The Latin motto ‘Ut emergant’, meaning ‘that they may flourish’, refers to Dutch polders, which would remain flooded and infertile without windmills.
Specifications
| Title | Wind Watermill |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink, blue wash |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 75 mm Width 59 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Claes Jansz. Visscher
|
| Accession number | H 191 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1600-1615 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Blue wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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