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Drawing

Ca.1635-36 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hollar, Wenceslaus (artist)
Place of origin
Germany (drawn)

View on the banks of a broad river, with a raft on the left near the walls of a city (Cologne?); Delicately drawn in pen and bistre.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Delicately drawn in pen and bistre
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Brief description
Hollar, Wenceslaus (attributed to); View on the banks of a broad river, with a raft on the left near the walls of a city (Cologne?); Delicately drawn in pen and bistre; German or Dutch School; 17th century.
Physical description
View on the banks of a broad river, with a raft on the left near the walls of a city (Cologne?); Delicately drawn in pen and bistre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7in
  • Width: 11.4in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Styles
Czech School
Netherlandish School
Marks and inscriptions
Tot Ceulen [= At Cologne] (Inscribed in pen and ink at top of sheet in centre)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
River
Raft
City Walls
Place depicted
Köln (City)
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 29, fig. 12
  • Francis Sprinzels, Wenceslaus Hollar and his Drawings, Vienna, 1938, no. 130.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.372

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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