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Object Type
print
Museum number
1856,0607.31
Description
Landscape with stretch of water at left, four figures on the bank at right, trees at higher level behind and lining a road at left; sheep grazing at centre middle ground; image bordered by line on three sides; third state, before publisher's name altered. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Wenceslaus Hollar
Published by:
Peeter van Avont
School/style
British
Bohemian
Production date
1644
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
150 millimetres
Width:
213 millimetres
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Curator's comments
See also landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois from 1648-1650, published by Peeter van Avont, New Hollstein 996-1002.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(691.III)
(Hollar)
Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar
(1242.III)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Lt Col. William Durrant
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(5-6.vi.1856/158)
Purchased through:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,0607.31