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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1346
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/243663

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on tan antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 46.8 × 33.6 cm (18 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, upper edge, within image: The Cathedral Church of Antwerp
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner, within image: Wenceslaus Hollar delineauit, et fecit, 1649
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1346
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 2443 / Ek[?]ch / (Huck) / c/- RW/2, / Fx- / Fx.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1346
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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