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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1859
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)
Title
Rothendael Abbey
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Abbey of Rothendael
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1648
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274350

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.3 × 21.4 cm (6 × 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in image at lower left in water area: WH[linked]ollar fecit: 1648
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Rdo. Admodum Dño D: Adriano Van der Reest, Ecclesia S. Pauli Ordinis Canonicorum Reg. S: August: Congrega:is Winde= / =semensis Priori dignissimo, hanc Monasterij sui Rubræ Vallis Imaginem. Obseruantiæ ergô D: C. Q. Petrus van Avont,
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: P no 886
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1859
  • inscription: verso, graphite: PN.886
  • inscription: verso, on added margin, centered on bottom edge, graphite: Rothenthal

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 995, Pennington 886

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1859
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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