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Views along the Rhine


A Group of Most Pleasing Views in Germany along the Rhine
Conspectus amoenissimi, in Germania, ad Rhenum
Jan van Call (Dutch, 1656 – 1706)
Published by: Pieter Schenck (Netherlandish, 1660–1718/19)
Dutch
1694–1697

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving, printed in colors, with hand coloring
Dimensions Sheet: 18.6 × 22.3 cm (7 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 13 × 17.1 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK245
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein 1478-1496, i
Description20 plates including titlepage. Etchings, rubbed in, skies painted.
InscriptionsUpper right, in brown ink: 116.
Lower left center, in plate: Heidelbergae insigne castrum.
Lower right center, in plate: Het heerlyk Kasteel van Heidelberg.
Lower center, in plate: Pet: Schenk exc: Amstelad : cum Privil.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)

NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.