The Ferry

1649

Not on view

Passengers embarking on a ferry boat, others walking up the riverbank; a rider holding another horse on a lead in foreground at right, conversing figures and horse-drawn cart in front of a building behind; bridge and houses in background at left; after Jan Brueghel

Artwork Details

Title: The Ferry
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp)
Date: 1649
Medium: Etching; first state of three
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in. (19.1 × 27.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.72.127
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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