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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: 18.5 × 23.9 cm (7 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 13 × 17.2 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK251
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein 1478-1496, i
Description20 plates including titlepage. Etchings, rubbed in, skies painted.
InscriptionsUpper right, in brown ink: 121.
Lower left center, in plate: Rhenofelda; Ficelia (quae & Vosavia, / sive Velavia) inferiora petenti.
Lower right center, in plate: Rhynfels, komende van / Oberwesel naar beneden.
Lower center, in plate: Pet: Schenk Excudit Amstelod : C. P.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.