Going to Church

Subject Lamoral Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis German

1651

Not on view

Going to Church; the count and countess de Tour et Tassis and their attendants approaching church from left; priest and two acolytes waiting at the door with host Alexander Roelants; cottages among trees in the background

Artwork Details

Title: Going to Church
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: 1651
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Plate: 9 1/2 × 16 in. (24.2 × 40.7 cm)
trimmed on the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.2.176
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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