Caption

Windmill without sails in Voorburg, print, Meadow in the background., printmaker: Willem Adrianus Grondhout (signed by artist), 1888 - 1931, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 129 mm x width 181 mm, windmill in landscape, Voorburg, A sketch showing a rural scene with a thatched building on the right, featuring a steep roof, chimneys, and small windows, adjacent to a lower structure with a tiled roof and a doorway. A dirt path or tracks lead from the foreground toward the buildings, bordered by grass and low vegetation. A wooden gate and fence sit near the entrance to the property, with rough, textured lines indicating planks and posts. The left side of the image reveals a flat landscape with a water channel and distant low tree lines and small vertical structures on the horizon. The sky is largely empty with a small cluster of birds drawn above the main building. The whole image is rendered in fine, etched lines on a lightly mottled, aged paper background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A87_434

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.7Mb (11.3Mb) / 15.4in x 11.3in / 4625 x 3376 (300dpi)

Keywords

Windmill sails Voorburg print Meadow background printmaker Willem Adrianus Grondhout signed artist 1888 - 1931 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 129 mm x width 181 mm windmill landscape sketch showing rural scene thatched building right featuring steep roof chimneys small windows adjacent lower structure tiled roof doorway dirt path tracks lead foreground buildings bordered grass low vegetation wooden gate fence sit near entrance property rough textured lines indicating planks posts left side image reveals flat landscape water channel distant low tree lines small vertical structures horizon sky largely empty small cluster birds drawn main building whole image rendered fine etched lines lightly mottled aged paper background