Boerenschuur in een vlak landschap 1650 - 1660

This delicate drawing, "Boerenschuur in een vlak landschap" (Farmhouse in a Flat Landscape), by Dutch artist Pieter de Molijn, depicts a humble farm building set against a vast, flat landscape. Created between 1650 and 1660, the drawing exemplifies the Dutch Golden Age's interest in detailed observation and realism, capturing the texture of the thatched roof and the delicate branches of a lone tree. The drawing’s understated beauty is characteristic of de Molijn’s work, and is now housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.