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Jan van Doetechum the elder

View of a street bordered by houses descending into a town, surrounded by a wall | View of a canal with vaulted bridge, grand staircase rising from the water in the right foreground

Description

Maker

Jan van Doetechum the elder (Dutch, ca. 1554-1600), etcher
Lucas van Doetechum (Dutch, 1584), etcher
After Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606), associated artist/maker
Hieronymous Cock (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-1570), publisher

Title

View of a street bordered by houses descending into a town, surrounded by a wall | View of a canal with vaulted bridge, grand staircase rising from the water in the right foreground
from the portfolio "Small Architectural Perspective Views"

Year

1562

Medium

  • Two etchings on one sheet of paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Two etchings on one sheet of paper

Materials

ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 41.9 x 29.5 cm (16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches)

Identification

State

1st of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

George D. Gannett Fund

Object Number

2007.86.2

Type

  • Prints

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Tombstone

Jan van Doetechum the elder (Dutch, ca. 1554-1600), etcher
Lucas van Doetechum (Dutch, 1584), etcher
After Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606), associated artist/maker
Hieronymous Cock (Netherlandish, ca. 1510-1570), publisher
View of a street bordered by houses descending into a town, surrounded by a wall | View of a canal with vaulted bridge, grand staircase rising from the water in the right foreground; from the portfolio "Small Architectural Perspective Views", 1562
Two etchings on one sheet of paper
Sheet: 41.9 x 29.5 cm (16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches)
George D. Gannett Fund 2007.86.2

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