Merchant Ships of the East India Society, from the series "Navium Variae Figurae et Formae" – All Works – eMuseum

Wenceslaus Hollar

(Bohemian, active in Germany, Flanders, and England, 1607 - 1677)

Merchant Ships of the East India Society, from the series "Navium Variae Figurae et Formae", 1647

Etching on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1950.59

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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Published References"Wenzel Hollar, beschreibendes Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche" by G. Parthey, 1853, no. 1272

DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (23.5 × 33.3 cm)
Plate: 5 1/2 × 9 in. (14 × 22.9 cm)

Accession Number 1950.59

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

SignedW Hollar fecit (l,l plate)

InscriptionsNauis Mercatoria Hollandica vulgo. VLIET (u,l plate); 3 (l,r plate)

Catalogue raisonnéParthey 1272

Portfolio/Series"Navium Variae Figurae et Formae"

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