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Small town square with circular well in the foreground, the hoisting hook attached to an ironwork structure supported by two baluster stems, plate 5 from "Small Wells"

ca. 1574
Not on view
From a series of twenty-four plates with designs for wells.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Small town square with circular well in the foreground, the hoisting hook attached to an ironwork structure supported by two baluster stems, plate 5 from "Small Wells"
  • Series/Portfolio: Small Wells
  • Artist: After Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
  • Artist: Johannes van Doetecum I (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605)
  • Artist: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589)
  • Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: ca. 1574
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 9/16 × 7 15/16 in. (14.2 × 20.1 cm)
    Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (18.8 × 26.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.13.4(11)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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