Sketches of Figures and Heads

Pieter de Molijn was a Dutch draughtsman active in the 17th century, known for his landscape and figure drawings executed in pen and ink with wash. Working in Haarlem during the Dutch Golden Age, he developed a fluid, economical line that captured both naturalistic detail and atmospheric effect. His drawings frequently depicted rural scenes, soldiers, and genre subjects rendered with a directness that influenced the development of Dutch graphic practice.