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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,7.14
Title
Series:
The Counts and Countesses of Holland on horseback
Description
Procession with Floris II, Dirk VI, Floris III and Dirk VII and coats-of-arms above Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen
Published by:
Doen Pietersz.
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1518
Production place
Published in:
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
235 millimetres
Width:
259 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is one from a series of 9 woodcuts (Hollstein 146-159), representing thirty-four counts and countesses on horseback. They woodcuts are printed on 14 sheets and were to be mounted into a frieze. The portraits range from Dirk I to Charles V. Literature: E.S. Jacobowitz and S.L. Stepanek, 'Lucas van Leyden and his contemporaries', ex.cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, cat.no. 112; H. Leeflang, in Daantje Meeuwissen (ed.), 'Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (ca.1475-1533): De Renaissance in Amsterdam en Alkmaar', exh.cat. Amsterdam Museum and Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Zwolle, 2014, cat.no. 33.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(59)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(149)
Steinbart 1937 / Das Holzschnittwerk des Jakob Cornelisz von Amsterdam
(37)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Floris II, Count of Holland
Portrait of:
Floris III, Count of Holland
Portrait of:
Thierry VI, Count of Holland
Portrait of:
Thierry VII, Count of Holland
Acquisition date
1810
(before)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,7.14