Kampen

c. 1632

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a landscape with a rural foreground and a cityscape in the distance. The horizon divides the land and skyline. The city in the distance has the name "Campen" on it, with various architectural elements such as towers, spires, and windmills. A walled structure with four towers, two figures, and a tree is on the left. A gallows is nearby, leading to a body of water. The detailed brushstrokes give a precise texture to the image. The color scheme is monochrome with dark lines on a beige background, typical of an etching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4.9 x 17 cm (1 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 475, State ii/iii

  • Series Title

    Views of Germany

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 475, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: W.Hollar. fecit; center in plate: Campen; by later hand, lower left in plate: 10

Wikidata ID

Q74894625

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