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Wenceslaus Hollar
1607-1677
View of Frankfurt and the Oder from the West
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, on paper.
7 1/16 x 12 7/16 inches (180 x 315 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Christian H. Aall.
1986.37
Inscription:
Inscribed at top in black ink, "FRANCFORT an der Oder"; at right center, "Die Oder F1"; and at lower center, "weinbergen".
Provenance:
H.R.M. Howard (Lugt 1318); Patrick Allen Fraser; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 July 1931, part of lot 137; Halliday; Francis C. Springell, Prague and Keswick; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1986, lot 6, repr.
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.
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.
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.
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