The Great View of Prague

1649

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a panoramic cityscape titled "PRAGA." The scene includes a river cutting through the center, buildings, spires, distant hills, a wall, and a clear sky. An old stone structure is in the foreground on the left. Various buildings and landmarks like "Rattlschin," "Dass Schlos," "Die Kleine Stätte," "Die Alte Statt," "Die Neue Statt," and "Wyszhrad" are visible among the tightly packed structures. The cityscape is detailed with fine linear engravings in a monochromatic palette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.8 x 112.8 cm (10 15/16 x 44 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 114.2 cm (12 x 44 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.3.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1037, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

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. 1037, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65512301

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