Fireworks at Hemissem
Fireworks at Hemissem; nocturnal scene, with fireworks; pole supporting round platform with burning barrels and blazing rockets at left; soldiers and drummers in the foreground at right; castle illuminated in the background.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fireworks at 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)
- Date: ca. 1650
- Medium: Etching and drypoint; only state
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (24.3 × 40.5 cm)
cut on platemark top and bottom; cut c. 5 mm in width. - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.2.32
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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