Cape Spartell from the West, 1669/1670

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with watercolor over black chalk on two joined sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 10.1 x 62.8 cm (4 x 24 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1982.45.1

Artists / Makers

Wenceslaus Hollar (artist) Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in brown ink: Cape Spartell, from the West, about, halfe League distance at Sea; points on drwg. labeled: Point of Gibraltar / Apes Hill / Bay o f Tangier; other hand(s) v//: 65 (circled) / 1 (circled) 2238

Provenance

Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt Supp.1405a)

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

1983: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1964: Springell, Francis Charles. "Unpublished drawings of Tangier by Wenceslaus Hollar" The Burlington Magazine v. 106 (February 1964): 69-74, fig.19.

1985: Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 89.

2017: Volrábová, Alena, translated by Linda Leffová. Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677: Drawings, a catalogue raisonné. Prague, 2017: no. VI/12.