Johannes van Doetecum (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605) and Lucas van Doetecum (Dutch, died before 1584) after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527-1604)

Bird’s-eye view of a town with a street going uphill from bottom right to top left

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Johannes van Doetecum (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605) and Lucas van Doetecum (Dutch, died before 1584) after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527-1604)1562

Bird’s-eye view of a town with a street going uphill from bottom right to top left

Johannes van Doetecum (Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605) and Lucas van Doetecum (Dutch, died before 1584) after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527-1604) →

engravingpaper

Date

1562

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 15 × 20.8 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 22.1 × 33.9 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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