Wool Making
1651
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 112 × 190 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-117134
Processing wool in Spain by Pieter de Molijn, 1651. Here, workers are busy processing raw wool, probably in northern Spain. In the foreground the wool is being washed. In the centre the wool is dried and packed in bails. The Spanish wool trade was dominated by Dutch merchants, especially after the peace between Spain and the Republic in 1648. This was where they bought the raw material for the fine cloth known as laken. Both Leiden and Haarlem were major production centres for this fabric. On loan from Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam.
Provenance
On loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort
Registry history
- 1651 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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