Gezicht op Tanger met fortificaties, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669

Title(s)

Gezicht op Tanger met fortificaties
Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate (title on object)
Divers Prospects in and about Tangier (series title)
Gezichten op Tanger (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.312

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 2229-2(3)
• Pennington 1189-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1673 and/or 1669

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 122 mm × width 215 mm

What

• city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
• coast

Where

• Tanger

Acquisition

unknown 2012

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. VIII, p. 21, cat.nr. 2229
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 206, cat.nr. 1189