Schenkenschanz, c. 1632

Not on View

series Title

Views of Germany

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4.7 x 17.1 cm (1 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 472, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1991.163.4

Artists / Makers

Wenceslaus Hollar (artist) Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Image Use

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Inscription

center left in plate: Wael flu; center in plate: Schenckenshantz / Rhenus flu; center right in plate: Wael flu Byland New Schenckenshantz /Rhenus; by later hand, lower left in plate: 7; by later hand, a Bv//in graphite: 30 (157) 769 II/3

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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. 472, state ii/iii.