Delff, Willem Jacobsz.. Vas stupendae magnitudinis quod ad Rhenum in arce Palatina conspicitur

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Delff 96
Folger bibliographic ID: 263369
Folger call number: ART 267- 889
Folger holdings ID: 348813
Accession Number: 267889

Broadside on the first Heidelberg Tun, built in 1591. At top, a panoramic view of Heidelberg with the river Neckar, with arms of Friederich IV and Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau on either side. Below, an interior with a huge wine cask, with men and women standing around it (some holding glasses) and two men on the top of it. With engraved inscriptions and Latin title, and with German title and letterpress text in four columns below

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[State 2 of 6]

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Title from item State from Hollstein

Item information about Folger ART 267- 889

Contemporary manuscript inscription at bottom of sheet: "Reuer[endo] P[at]ri Guilielmo Veraneman Lud[ovi]cus Thouart se co[m]mendat petitq[ue] hoc exemplar vicinis coll[eg]ijs comunicari"

Extended title: Vas stupendae magnitudinis quod ad Rhenum in arce Palatina conspicitur IC [monogram] pincxit ; Henrick van Haestens excud. ; GIDelff Sculp
Alternate titles: Vas stvpendae magnitvdinis qvod ad Rhenvm in arce Palatina conspicitvr, Wunder, eines sehr grossen Wein-Fasses, Cask of Heidelberg

Wine cellars Barrels Eating & drinking Rivers Heidelberg (Germany) Neckar River (Germany)

printmaker: Delff, Willem Jacobsz., 1580-1638
artist: Woudanus, Jan Cornelis, approximately 1570-1615
former owner: Thouart, Ludovicus, active 17th century
former owner: Veranneman, Guilielmo, active 17th century
publisher: Haestens, Henrick van