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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder Netherlandish
Not on view
Two men fishing in stream crossed by two plank bridges with cottages and trees at left; city with tall square tower seen in distance at right.
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Title: The Angler
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
Date: 1650
Medium: Etching; first state of three (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (11.8 × 17 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number: 49.95.1425
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