Antwerp Cathedral

1649

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image displays a cathedral in the center, surrounded by other buildings and people below. The cathedral is intricately detailed with fine lines, set against a monochrome color palette of black and grey. The sky has clouds, adding to the grandeur of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 48.6 x 33.6 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.85.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1034, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.L. Mayer

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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. 1034, state i/iv.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Wenceslaus Hollar delineauit, et fecit, 1649; across bottom in plate: PROSPECTVS TVRRIS ECCLESIAE CATHEDRALIS,BEATISSIMAE VIRGINIS MARIAE DEIPARAE, ANTVERPIAE*

Wikidata ID

Q74044459

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