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The Angler

Wenceslaus Hollar

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

Details

Title: The Angler
Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
External Link: See this object at www.metmuseum.org
Medium: Etching; first state of three (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (11.8 × 17 cm)
Date: 1650
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Classification: Prints, Etching
Artist Role: Artist
Artist Details: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
Accession Number: 49.95.1425

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