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Wooden Bridge Over a River

Print
ca. 1855 (made), 1849 (engraved), early 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Musée Du Louvre, Paris (printer)
Hawke, Peter (engraver)
Breughel, Jan (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)

Engraving of an original drawing by Jan Breughel, depicting a wooden bridge over a river. There are several boats on the river banks and one passing under the bridge, and a man on horseback is crossing the bridge.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Landscapes
Topography
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Wooden Bridge Over a River (generic title)
  • Un pont de bois sur une riviere (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etched in the crayon manner, and printed in sepia tones
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Engraving, 'Wooden Bridge Over a River', Hawke after Breughel the Elder, France, ca. 1855
Physical description
Engraving of an original drawing by Jan Breughel, depicting a wooden bridge over a river. There are several boats on the river banks and one passing under the bridge, and a man on horseback is crossing the bridge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
  • Width: 10cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue des Planches Gravées Composant le Fonds de la Calcographie et dont les Épreuves se Vendent dans cet Etablissement au Musée National du Louvre, Paris: Vinchon, 1851
Marks and inscriptions
P. Hawke scut.
Credit line
Purchased from the Louvre Museum
Object history
The copperplates are preserved in the Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris. The National Art Library purchased 4327 prints from the Chalcographie in 1855, which have since been transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings.
Subjects depicted
Bridges
Rivers
Boats
Trees
Horses
Associations
Breughel, Jan
Paris
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964
  • Catalogue des Planches Gravées Composant le Fonds de la Calcographie et dont les Épreuves se Vendent dans cet Etablissement au Musée National du Louvre, Paris: Vinchon, 1851
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5502-1958

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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