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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4726
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Proclamation of the Treaty of Münster
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Proclamation of Peace Between Spain and the Netherlands, in Antwerp
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1648
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273839

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper discolored to cream
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 21.9 × 33.9 cm (8 5/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
sheet: 34.7 × 45.6 cm (13 11/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left and right coners of inscription tablet area: F. v. Wyngaerde excudit. / W. Hollar fecit.
  • inscription: in plate, in a rectangular area centered above the lower border: Eygentlycke Afbeeldinhe ende maniere van der publicatie van den Peys. tusschen / syne Maysteyt den Coninck van Spagnien, ende de Heeren Staten Generael van de Vereenich / Nederlanden op Stadthuys van Antwerpen, ter presentie van de / Heeren Schouteth. Amptman, Borghimeesters. Schep. etc. ende een grote menichte vá toehoders. 5 Iuny 1648.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: HERMANN WUNDERLICH. / NEW YORK. [arranged in a circle around:] 3 / JOHN ST, [all within a circular borderline; not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4726
  • inscription: in plate, on an arched tablet above the door of the Antwerp staathius: [illeg.] / IN DIEBUS [illeg.] / IVSTICCA / E / ABVNDĀTIA / PACIS.
  • inscription: on lower margin of sheet, various graphite inscriptions: [illrg.]/gl/[illeg.] / 678 / 104. / Holler / ili/as-

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 994, Pennington 561

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G4726
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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