Johannes Dijkhoff II (Amsterdam 1795-1862)

The post mill in Huizen was built in the 17th Century and although the original mill did not survive, a replica of it can still be found in the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem. A drawing made by Jan Hulswit (1766-1822), showing the post mill from a similar position as in the present work, is in the Fondation Custodia, Paris (inv. 1971-T.37.; Elen, op. cit,. p. 133, fig. 1). Another comparable drawing of the same subject by Daniël Kerkhoff (1766-1821), is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (inv. MB 1348; Elen, op. cit., p. 134, fig. 2). Dijkhoff could have known the drawings by Hulswit, who was his master, or Kerhoff and he might have made the present drawing after one of them. Another possibility is that the three artists all chose the same position because it looked at its best from there.