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Jan van Aken after Herman Saftleven

View of the River Rhine

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series Title

Views of the Rhine

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21.2 x 27 cm (8 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jacob Kainen

Accession Number

2002.98.1

Artists / Makers

Jan van Aken (artist) Dutch, 1614 - 1661

Herman Saftleven (artist after) Dutch, 1609 - 1685

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Inscription

lower left in plate: H(not deciphered) Ian van Aken fecit Clement de Jonghe excudit

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob

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

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