Beschreibung:

Hollar (Wenceslaus, 1607-1677). View of Antwerp Cathedral, 1649 [but 1678-94], 2nd state etched view of the west end of the cathedral, showing the finished tower and spire on the left, the unfinished tower with a temporary roof and turret on the right, surrounded by the street with houses on left and on the right leading to a square of trees, a procession of clergy and soldiers can be seen entering the west door escorting a shrine or reliquary, second state engraved caption at foot 'Antwerpiens turris ecclesiae cathedral...' with Dutch and French translation below, the left corner of image 'Wenceslaus Hollar delineauit, et fecit, 1649' and 'Gillis Hendricx excudit Antuerpiae' on left, central horizontal fold, platemark approximately 48.5 x 34 cm (19 1 /16 x 13 6/16 ins), sheet size 50.2 x 35.3 cm, together with other etchings and engravings including van Ostade (Adriaen, 1610-1685). Family saying grace before a meal, 1653 (but later, probably 19th century), etching on wove, laid down on mount board, 15 x 12.5 cm, gilt moulded frame, glazed, 36 x 34 cm, plus six mythological scenes etched by Samuel Gribelin junior (including two after Francesco Albani , 13 x 8 cm, each framed and glazed (21.5 x 16 cm), and a pair of etchings depicting scenes from Aesop's fables, circa 1773(?), approximately 10 x 14.5 cm, each framed and glazed (23.5 x 28.5 cm); and an etching by Samuel Watts of raising Christ on the cross after Tintoretto, 1777, printed in green on laid paper, 36 x 32 cm, framed and glazed (51 x 45.5 cm), plus ten 19th century reprint etchings of views in Italy by Israel Silvestre, 14 x 24.5 cm, each in ebonised frame, glazed (22 x 31 cm) (Quantity: 21) Pennington - Hollar 824. Pennington suggests the second state is from the 1678 edition of J. Le Roy, Notitia and the 1694 edition of his Castella.