Cologne and Deutz

Publisher Gerhard Altzenbach German
1635
Not on view
Cologne and Deutz; bird-eye view of the fortified city of Cologne and of Deutz on opposite bank of the Rhine; two putti bearing arms of the city upper corners; six compartments with coats of arms under arches

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Object Information
  • Title: Cologne and Deutz
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Publisher: Gerhard Altzenbach (German, active 1609–72)
  • Date: 1635
  • Medium: Etching, first state of two (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (26.2 × 32.1 cm)
    Sheet: 10 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (27 × 32.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ferdinand Meder, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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