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Strasbourg

1635

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names

Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a townscape with buildings like a church labeled "S. Thomas." The scene is depicted in an etching style with detailed lines, featuring clouds in the sky. In the foreground, there are figures on cobblestones, with more buildings and a boat in the background under a sky with clouds.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.4916
Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 122, 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. 122, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64962409

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