Title to the Entry into Hemissem

Title-page to a series of four prints commemorating the visit paid by the Imperial Postmaster-General, the count de la Tour et Tassis, and his wife to Alexander Roelants, the Imperial Postmaster for the Netherlands. A large cornucopia fills the design, with cherub's head above, 2 cornucopia below and a coat of arms to either side.

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  • Title: Title to the Entry into Hemissem
  • Series/Portfolio: Title-page and four plates commemorating the visit paid by the Imperial Postmaster-General, the count de la Tour et Tassis, and his wife to Alexander Roelants, the Imperial Postmaster for the Netherlands (New Hollstein 1082-1086)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Subject: Lamoral Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis (German, 1621–1676)
  • Subject: Alexander Roelants (Dutch, active 1650)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/16 × 16 9/16 in. (25.5 × 42.1 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (29.2 × 46 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.656.20
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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