The Three Windmills
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 5/16 in. (13.6 × 21.1 cm) The address has been cut off at bottom right but the removal of the date indicates the Galle printing
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.1427
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...