Strasbourg: The Toll House

Wenceslaus Hollar

1625–77 · Etching; first state of two · Drawings and Prints

Distant view of a Toll House on the bank of the river Ill near Strasbourg, obscured by trees at right, with rowing boat approaching. One of a set of 12 views in Germany, formerly in an album, now disbound. According to Vertue, these prints based on drawings made in 1632 when Hollar made a Rhine journey from Cologne.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1625–77

Medium

Etching; first state of two

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1918