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Halting at a Roadside Inn

Pieter de Molijn

1657

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

h 27.6cm × w 35.6cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

copper (metal); oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

hotel, hostelry, inn; 'en route', traveller under way; horse

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1901

Notes

signature and date, bottom right (P and M ligated): ‘PMolyn [1]657’

Collection Type

paintings

About Pieter de Molijn

1595–1661 • Dutch Republic

Molyn was Dutch, but of English birth and Flemish descent. His father, Pieter de Molijn, came from Ghent and his mother, Lynken van den Bossche, from Brussels. Molyn made his home in Haarlem. The earliest evidence of Molyn's presence in the Netherlands is his entry at the age of 21 into the Guild of St Luke in Haarlem in 1616, although no dated works by him before 1625 are known. Comment on works: Views; Landscapes