MOLYN, Pieter de
(b. 1595, London, d. 1661, Haarlem)

Hilly Landscape

1650s
Oil on panel, 32 x 49 cm
Private collection

The present late work by Pieter de Molyn depicts a hilly landscape with wanderers at the foot of a castle ruin. The artist often used towering manmade structures, such as towers or windmills, as framing devices in his works.