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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Fireworks at Hemissem; nocturnal scene, with fireworks; pole supporting round platform with burning barrels and blazing rockets at left; soldiers and drummers in the foreground at right; castle illuminated in the background.
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Title: Fireworks at Hemissem
Series/Portfolio: Title-page and four plates commemorating the visit paid by the Imperial Postmaster-General, the count de la Tour et Tassis, and his wife to Alexander Roelants, the Imperial Postmaster for the Netherlands (New Hollstein 1082-1086)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Etching and drypoint; only state
Dimensions:
Plate: 9 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (24.3 × 40.5 cm)
cut on platemark top and bottom; cut c. 5 mm in width.
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.2.32
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