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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1858
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Antwerp Cathedral
Other Titles
Alternate Title: View of West Front of Antwerp Cathedral
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1649
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47.1 × 33.2 cm (18 9/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: PROSPECTVS TURRİS ECCLESİÆ CATHEDRALİS, BEATİSSİMÆ VİRİGİNİS MARİÆ DEİ-PARÆ, ANTVERPİÆ, OCCİDENTEM VERSVS,
  • inscription: in plate,lower left corner, within the image: Wenceslaus Hollar delineauit, et fecit, 1649
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1658

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1034, Pennington 824

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1858
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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