Panoramic View of West Flanders, Looking North and Northeast from Bruges
Drawing
1525-1558 (drawn)
1525-1558 (drawn)
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Panoramic view taken from the sea of St. Anna ter Muiden, Westcapelle, Knocke and an estuary. In pen and ink. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views.
Object details
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| Title | Panoramic View of West Flanders, Looking North and Northeast from Bruges (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'Panoramic View of West Flanders, Looking North and Northeast from Bruges', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, 1525-1558 |
| Physical description | Panoramic view taken from the sea of St. Anna ter Muiden, Westcapelle, Knocke and an estuary. In pen and ink. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in brown ink: at upper centre, nort west; and with identifying names and features throughout the sheet (from left to right), Lissenwegh / S Anna ter muien / West Capelle / van … sluys in Vlaenderen (with the sheet turned 90° to the left) / |
| Object history | Joannes Moflin (d.1586/7), Bergues; Dr Henry Wellesley (1791–1866), Oxford; his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 25 June 1866, 10th day, lots 1738–56: ‘ANTONIO VANDEN WYNGAERDE, 1558. The following Drawings were executed at the expense of the famous Printer, Plantin, of Antwerp. The English portion of the Collection is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, being part of the Illustrations to the “SUTHERLAND CLARENDON”’ (to ‘Holloway’ for £5. 0s. 0d);1 J.C. Robinson (1824–1913), London; by whom lent to the museum, 8 May 1879, and from whom purchased as part of a group of 301 items for a total of £6,800 in two instalments, 28 May 1879 and 15 April 1880. |
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| Accession number | 8455:31 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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