# A Mill with a Fortified Bridge, a Rowing Boat in the Foreground

**Roelandt Savery** (Flemish, 1576–1639)  
1596–1639  
Pen and brown ink; framing lines in pen and brown ink  
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (19.8 × 19.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024.629.15. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820758).

## About this work

Roelandt Savery drew this in 1596–1639, aged about 20. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [Roelandt Savery](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/roelandt-savery)

Flemish, 1576–1639; born in Kortrijk; died in Utrecht

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was about 20
- Real size: about 8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 16th century
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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