Neptune and the Pillars of Hercules

1634

Willem Basse

Artist, Dutch, 1613 or 1614 - 1672

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    David K. E. Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.5 x 16.4 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 12 x 17.9 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.70.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 61

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Van Hattum Collection; purchased 1989 by NGA library (transferred to permanent collection in 1994).

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: W. Basse fec; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 13.-

Wikidata ID

Q75125725

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