Wenceslaus Hollar
1607-1677
View of Frankfurt and the Oder from the West
7 1/16 x 12 7/16 inches (180 x 315 mm)
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, on paper.
1986.37
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Christian H. Aall.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Probably made in connection with Hollar's undated etching of the siege of Frankfurt by Swedish troops, which took place in 1631.
Probably made in connection with Hollar's undated etching of the siege of Frankfurt by Swedish troops, which took place in 1631.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at top in black ink, "FRANCFORT an der Oder"; at right center, "Die Oder F1"; and at lower center, "weinbergen".
Associated names
Howard, H. R. M., former owner.
Fraser, Patrick Allen, former owner.
Halliday, former owner.
Springell, Francis C., former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., donor.
Fraser, Patrick Allen, former owner.
Halliday, former owner.
Springell, Francis C., former owner.
Aall, Christian H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Francis Speinzels, Wenceslaus Hollar and His Drawings, Vienna, 1938, no. 291, pl. 30.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 348-349.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 348-349.
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