Fort of St. Philip on the Shantz

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian

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View from the river Schelde, with several boats; fort of St Philip in foreground at left, Antwerp in the distance at right. One of a set of 12 views in Germany, formerly in an album, now disbound. According to Vertue, these prints based on drawings made in 1632 when Hollar made a Rhine journey from Cologne.

Fort of St. Philip on the Shantz, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching; third state of three

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