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Willem Basse

The Followers of Solon Defending the Temple of Venus, 1634

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volume Title

Der Zee-Vaert Lof (Praise of Sea-Faring)

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.7 x 16.2 cm (4 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

sheet: 11.2 x 17.8 cm (4 7/16 x 7 in.)

Credit Line

David K. E. Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 54

Accession Number

1994.70.6

Artists / Makers

Willem Basse (artist) Dutch, 1613 or 1614 - 1672

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 6.

Provenance

Van Hattum Collection; purchased 1989 by NGA library (transferred to permanent collection in 1994).

Associated Names

National Gallery of Art Library

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

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