Ruhrort
View of the castle and houses of Ruhrort on the left bank of the meandering river Rhine; figures in a boat in foreground. One of a set of 12 views in Germany, formerly in an album, now disbound. According to Vertue, these prints based on drawings made in 1632 when Hollar made a Rhine journey from Cologne.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ruhrort
- Series/Portfolio: River Views of Germany and the Low Countries : twelve plates (New Hollstein 466-477)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1642–44
- Medium: Etching, second state of three (NH)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 1 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (4.5 × 16.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1918
- Object Number: 18.48.1-8
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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