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View of Antwerp from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum

1572–94
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of Antwerp from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum
  • Artist: Designed by Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1542–1600 Vienna)
  • Editor: Edited by Georg Braun (German, 1541–1622)
  • Artist: Designed by Cornelius Caymox (Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1540–1588 Leipzig)
  • Artist: Frans Hogenberg (Netherlandish, 1540–1590)
  • Artist: Simon Novellanus (Netherlandish, 16th century)
  • Published in: Cologne
  • Date: 1572–94
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: plate: 13 7/16 x 18 7/8 in. (34.1 x 48 cm)
    sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 15/16 in. (39.2 x 55.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Giles Whiting, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.650.12
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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