Wool Making
1651
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 112cm × w 190cm × d 4.5cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
De wolfabricage. Gezicht op een (Italiaans?) fabrieksterrein waarin de verschillende fasen van de verwerking van wol worden getoond. Op de voorgrond wordt wol gewassen, op de achtergrond liggen de pakketten klaar voor transport.
About the Artist
Pieter de Molijn · 1595–1661
**Pieter de Molijn** (1595–1661) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter of English birth and Flemish descent, baptized on 6 April 1595 in London at the Dutch Reformed Austin Friars church to parents from Ghent and Brussels. His family likely emigrated to England for economic opportunities, but young Pieter returned to the Netherlands, settling in Haarlem where he joined the Guild of St. Luke in ...