Herman van Swanevelt
The Mountain
1628-1640
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Herman van Swanevelt
The Mountain
1628-1640
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 317 x 248 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Plate: 311 x 240 mm. (12 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Magruder Fund
Object Number
1986.184.2
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. 112 / la Montagne / (with Swanevelt excudit)"; lower left in graphite "H. 100 iii (of v) / PM"; lower center in graphite "113"; lower right in graphite circle with "145"
Markings: CM: none
