Roerort, c. 1632

Not on View

series Title

Views of Germany

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4.8 x 16.9 cm (1 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 473, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1991.163.5

Artists / Makers

Wenceslaus Hollar (artist) Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Roorort Ÿ Roer Flu.; lower left in plate: Rhenus flu; by later hand, lower left in plate: 8; by later hand, lcV//in graphite: 30 (162) 770

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. 473, state ii/iii.