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Landscape with Peasants on a Road,
ca. 1654–55
Pieter Molyn, 1595–1661; born Haarlem, Netherlands; died London, England
x1984-333
With the development of landscape drawing as an independent subject in seventeenth-century Holland, a robust market developed for these works. During his career, which he spent entirely in Haarlem, the painter Molyn produced more than five hundred signed drawings such as this one. Unlike his contemporary Van Goyen who traveled extensively, Molyn focused almost exclusively on the dune countryside around Haarlem, finding endless variety in the rolling terrain, which he often punctuated with lively vignettes of rural life.
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Title
Landscape with Peasants on a Road
Dates
ca. 1654–55
Maker
Medium
Pen and black ink, brown and grey washes over black chalk
Dimensions
13 x 19.3 cm (5 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
x1984-333
Signatures
Signed in black chalk, upper left: P | Molyn [P and M form monogram]
Culture
Type
Materials
Sotheby, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 11/26/84, lot 132 (illus.). (See reference Bib. 4765);
- Sotheby Mak van Waay B.V. 1979. Fine Dutch drawings: a collection formed by F. W. A. Knight, Esq. = Belangrijke Nederlandse tekeningen: de collectie van Dhr. F. W. A. Knight, sale code 301. 29 October 1979, Amsterdam.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1984," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 24-52., p. 26, p. 52 (illus.)
