Terms and conditions of use
Landscape with a Cottage and Hay Barn
1641
Medium
etching
Measurements
13.0 × 21.1 cm (plate) 13.2 × 32.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 225; Hind 177; White & Boon 225
Accession Number
32-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Watermarks
Watermark Form
Strasbourg lily
The Strasbourg lily watermark shows a shield with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. There are many variants of the Strasbourg lily motif used by papermakers in Strasbourg, and some variants have also been connected to South-West France from the mid-17th century onward.
Watermark and variant description
Strasbourg lily - variant ZZ. Unidentified reference.
Additional notes
This example includes the monogram 'WR' below the shield and refers to the papermill of Wendelin Richel or Rihel, a printer and papermaker from Strasbourg in the 16th century.
Completeness
partial
Chain Line Interval
23-25 mm
Laid Line Frequency
11 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
?
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
verso