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From a series of twenty-four plates with designs for wells.
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Title: Town square with a large circular well in the foreground, placed under a canopy with a domed roof supported by four columns of the Ionic order, with a smaller fountain in the background at right, from Small Wells, plate 6
Artist:
after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
Artist:
Johannes van Doetecum I (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605)
Artist:
Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589)
Publisher:
Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
Published in: Antwerp
Date: ca. 1574
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 5 9/16 × 7 15/16 in. (14.2 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (18.8 × 26.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.13.4(12)
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