Fort of St. Philip on the Shantz

Wenceslaus Hollar

1642–44 · Etching; third state of three · Drawings and Prints

View from the river Schelde, with several boats; fort of St Philip in foreground at left, Antwerp in the distance at right. 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

1642–44

Medium

Etching; third state of three

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1918