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The Edge of the Wood

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Jacques d'Arthois Flemish
1649
Not on view
The edge of the wood; stream in the foreground with two swans swimming on the left and a wood on the bank beyond; man and woman walking towards the left and a landscape in the background on the right, after Jacob van Artois

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Edge of the Wood
  • Series/Portfolio: Landscapes : Seven plates after Jacques d'Arthois (New Hollstein 996-1002)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Jacques d'Arthois (Flemish, 1613–ca. 1686)
  • Date: 1649
  • Medium: Etching; first state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (15.5 × 21.2 cm)
    cut outside the image and text but within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.156
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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