Windmills (Moinhos de vento)

Cereals for bread-making were transformed into flour in three types of mills, according to the force used to move the grinding wheel: wind, water, animal traction or hand-mill. Wind power was widely used in several European windy areas.


Os cereais destinados à panificação foram transformados em farinha em três espécies de moinhos, conforme a força utilizada para movimentar a mó móvel: de vento, de água, de tracção animal ou atafonas. A força eólica foi muito empregada em várias zonas europeias muito ventosas.

Jacob Isaaackszoon van Ruisdael (ca 1628-1682)-'tower mill at Wijk-Bij-Duurstede'-oil on canvas-1670 Amsterdam-Rijksmuseum

Thomas James Judkin (1788-1871)-'St Martin's black mill, Canterbury'-oil on canvas-ca 1868 (destroyed 1868)

Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau (1864-1930)-'countryside with a windmill near Batz'-oil on canvas

Jan Jacob Coenraad Spohler (1811-1866)-'windmill in a summer landscape'-oil on panel Private collection

Jan van Vlaardingen Couver (1836-1909)-'harbour with windermill'-oil on canvas Private collection