About the Artwork
Der Schafer im Walde
1649
After Jacobus van Artois (Artist) Flemish, 1613-1686 Wenceslaus Hollar (Artist) German, 1607-1677
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 × 8 3/8 inches (15.2 × 21.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S602
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: W Hollar fecit, 1649 Inscribed, lower left: P. van Artois pinxit. Inscribed, P. van Avont execudit.
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 [added in ink to the stamp] (Lugt 2357a)
Provenance
March 1887, L. Crawcour Sale.1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Wenceslaus Hollar; after Jacobus van Artois, Der Schafer im Walde, 1649, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S602.
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