Entry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen
Lamoral Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis|Wenceslaus Hollar|Alexander Roelants
ca. 1651 · Etching; only state · Drawings and Prints
In 1649 the count of Thurn and Taxis inherited the postal monopoly for the Holy Roman Empire, and the next year he and his wife visited the imperial postmaster for the Netherlands, Alexandre Roelants. This plate commemorates the entry into Hemissem; three coaches and horsemen arriving along sunken avenue of trees between two lines of soldiers; cannon and trumpeters in the foreground at right, village and landscape in the background.
- Artist
- Lamoral Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis|Wenceslaus Hollar|Alexander Roelants
- Date
- ca. 1651
- Medium
- Etching; only state
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1920
