Plattegrond van München, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1657

Title(s)

Plattegrond van München
Monachium Aviica Ducum Bavariae. (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-116.281

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 194-1(5)
• Pennington 871-1(4)
• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 181-219

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• annotation: ‘Allemagne (...)’

Description

Plattegrond van München met gebouwen in vogelvluchtperspectief. Links een wapenschild en de legenda in het Duits. Daaronder een kader met de titel.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Johannes Janssonius (possibly)

Place

print maker: Germany
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1657

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 365 mm × width 465 mm

What

• prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial)
• fortified city

Where

• München

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. 1, p. 162, cat.nr. 194
• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. 1, p. 158, cat.nr. 181-219
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 152, cat.nr. 871