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View over Moedling, with men grinding rock and drinking wine: P.15-1939

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

View over Moedling, with men grinding rock and drinking wine
Medlinga
View of Medlingen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus (Formerly attributed)
Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Centre fold. Letterpress verso

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

17th Century
Production date: circa AD 1657

Note

From Janssonius's town atlases (Amterdam, 1657)

School or Style

Dutch

Components of the work

Plate Height 360 mm Width 476 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.15-1939
Primary reference Number: 308877
Hollstein (German): R67 (Hollar)
Pennington: 866
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 5 July 2022 Updated: Monday 2 June 2025 Last processed: Monday 2 June 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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