The Four Windmills
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 11/16 in. (11.8 × 1.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.45.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Human FiguresWindmillsHorsesCarriages
About the Artist
Jan Brueghel the Elder|Wenceslaus Hollar · 1568–1625
**Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)** was a Flemish painter and draughtsman renowned for his exquisite detail, innovative compositions, and mastery across multiple genres. Born in Brussels as the younger son of the celebrated Renaissance master Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Maria Coecke van Aelst, he belonged to the illustrious Brueghel artistic dynasty. His father died when Jan was only about a y...