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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1345
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Groenendael Abbey
Other Titles
Alternate Title: View of Groenendael Abbey
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243688

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper discolored to tan
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.3 × 21.5 cm (6 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 17.2 × 23.6 cm (6 3/4 × 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, image area, centered just above the lower borderline: WH[linked]ollar fec: 1647.
  • inscription: in plate, in lower margin: R:de admodum D.nō D: S. Augustini Congregationis Windesemensis per Ger: / :manium inferiorem Commissario nec non Ecclesiæ Bte Mariæ in Viride Valle Priori dig:mo hoc Monasteri sui simulacrum, D. C. Q. Petrus van Auont.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1345

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 945, Pennington 849

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1345
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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