G1859: Rothendael Abbey

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1859

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)

Title

Rothendael Abbey

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Abbey of Rothendael

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1648

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274350

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.3 × 21.4 cm (6 × 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, in image at lower left in water area: WH[linked]ollar fecit: 1648
• inscription: in plate, lower margin: Rdo. Admodum Dño D: Adriano Van der Reest, Ecclesia S. Pauli Ordinis Canonicorum Reg. S: August: Congrega:is Winde= / =semensis Priori dignissimo, hanc Monasterij sui Rubræ Vallis Imaginem. Obseruantiæ ergô D: C. Q. Petrus van Avont,
• inscription: lower right corner, graphite: P no 886
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1859
• inscription: verso, graphite: PN.886
• inscription: verso, on added margin, centered on bottom edge, graphite: Rothenthal

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 995, Pennington 886

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1859

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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