Augsburg

1635

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image depicts a landscape dominated by a circular embankment with a row of buildings, city walls, and a church labeled "S. Ulrich" on the horizon. The cityscape is nestled behind a grassy mound with bushes. The illustration features precise black linework for the hillside and buildings, with various hatching and stippling techniques used for clouds and skies. The color palette includes shades of cream and black, typical of a monochromatic etching. Figures in period attire walk along a path circling the embankment, adding scale. In the distance, the cityscape with steeples and towers merges with the sky filled with stylized cumulus clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4911

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 117, State only


Artwork history & notes

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. 117, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64962400

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