Gelderspach

c. 1632/1636

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image depicts a landscape seen from an elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the composition, lined with trees and buildings. A detailed castle named "Geldernach" stands out in the middle, with the label "Hoechst" to the left. The etching uses fine lines for texture, showing fields, a river, and a boat with people. The color scheme is black and sepia.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4.9 x 16.8 cm (1 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 469, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Views of Germany

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

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. 469, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Gelderspach; lower center in plate: Moenies flu; center in plate: Hochst; by later hand, lower left in plate: 4; by later hand across bottom verso in graphite: 30 (161) 766

Wikidata ID

Q74894587

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