Landscape with a horseman and a windmill in the distance

c. 1650

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Amateur artist Anthonie Crussens was active in Brussels from 1652 to 1665. He specialized in drawings in brown ink on vellum with a technique that evokes the tapering, cross-hatched lines of engravings.

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Title: Landscape with a horseman and a windmill in the distance
Artist: Anton Crussens (Flemish, active Brussels, mid-17th century)
Date: c. 1650
Medium: Pen and brown ink on vellum, brown ink framing lines
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (18.1 × 28.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth Grebinar, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Object Number: 2019.276.6
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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