Groenendael Abbey

1647

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a historical architectural complex surrounded by water. The buildings have gabled roofs and a central spire. Tall trees stand to the left of the buildings. The water reflects the buildings and the sky. The style of the image is detailed and precise, resembling an engraving with delicate line work. The color palette is monochrome with shades of brown and grey. In the distance, there is sky with a few clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Ellen von Seggern Richter and Jan Paul Richter Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.5 x 21.6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 16.9 x 23 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.127.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 945, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rudolf Peltzer [1825-1910], Cologne (Lugt 2231); Chevalier Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn, The Hague and Brussels, (1783-1861) (Lugt 514). Mrs. George A. Martin (not in Lugt). Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio. (Jan Johnson, Quebec); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, no. 849 i/iii

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 945, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: WHollar fec 1647; along lower edge of plate: R.do admodum Dno. D: Petro Parys, Canonicorum Regularium Ordints S. Augustini Congregationis Windesemensis per Ger / manium inferiorem Commissario neo-non Ecclesiae B. Mariae in Viride Valle Priori dig:no hoc Monaterij sui simulacrum D..C.Q. Petrus van Arnout; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 11615 / R849 / B2931; 667; 1002, 8/1883

Wikidata ID

Q76557390

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