Landscape with a house on cliffs

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Goffredo Wals German
1646
Not on view
after Goffredo Wals
A landscape with a man herding sheep on a riverbank in foreground and two men, leading a horse below a cliff with buildings on the top, within a roundel.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Landscape with a house on cliffs
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Goffredo Wals (German, Cologne, born ca. 1590–95, died 1638–40 Calabria)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (13.6 × 12.1 cm)
    cut on the platemark, thread margion at right
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.168
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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