Augsburg, from "German Views"

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
1665
Not on view
Distant view of Augsburg from the Red Tower (Rote Tor); stream flowing around fields in foreground; St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey at centre background.
After a drawing by Matthaus Merian I

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Object Information
  • Title: Augsburg, from "German Views"
  • Series/Portfolio: German Views: Twelve plates (New Hollstein 1796-1807)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss, Basel 1593–1650 Schwalbach)
  • Date: 1665
  • Medium: Etching, only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (5.4 × 11.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.17-387
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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