Herman van Swanevelt
The Large Cascade
1628
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 315 x 245 mm. (12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Plate: 308 x 237 mm. (12 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 3 from the series "Landscapes"
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Garrett Collection
Object Number
1986.184.3
One from a series of four landscapes. For the complete series, see BMA 1986.184.1-4. A 3rd state impression of "The Large Cascade" is held in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.4796).
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Herman van Suanevelt Inventor fecit et excudit"; below image, lower right, in plate "cum privilegio Regis". Verso: center in graphite "B. 114 / La grande cascade / (with Swanevelt excudit)"; lower left in graphite "H. 101ii (of iv) / PM"; lower center in graphite "114"
Markings: CM: none WM: unidentified
