G1858: Antwerp Cathedral
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G1858
- People
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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
- 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
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- 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
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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
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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