Landscape near Basel, with Snail

Artist Matthaeus Merian the Elder (Swiss, 1593 - 1650)

Publisher Peter Aubry (French, 17th century)

Date1624

MediumEtching with engraving

DimensionsImage: 5 1/4 x 6 5/16 inches (13.34 x 16.03 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches (13.65 x 16.35 cm)
Mat: 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (23.5 x 28.58 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert L. Bloch

Object number2007.10

Inscribedbottom margin: Greek, Latin, and German texts

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DescriptionLarge snail in foreground on rocky slope, hoeing man beyond. Tall tree, left, with walking figures to its left. Right, two waling figures on road behind donkey. Center, two diagonal rows of trees lead to church, tower, and other buildings. Beyond fields, range of mountains.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

[No known exhibitions at this time]

Provenance

Robert L. Bloch (b. 1952), Shawnee Mission, KS, by May 21, 2007;

Given by Robert L. Bloch to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.

Published References

Lucas Heinrich Wüthrich, Die Handzeichnungen von Matthaeus Merian D. AE (Basel, Switzerland: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1963).

Lucas Heinrich Wüthrich, Das druckgraphische Werk von Matthaeus Merian d. Ae (Basel, Switzerland: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1966).

F.W.H. Hollstein, Tilman Falk, and Robert Zijlma, Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, 1400-1700, vol. 26, Matthaeus Merian the Elder (continued) (Roosendaal, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Van Poll, 1989).

Wilhelm Bingsohn, Catalog zu Ausstellungen im Museum für Kunsthandwerk Franckfurt am Mayn (15.9. - 7.11.1993) und im Kunstmuseum Basel (28.11.1993-13.2.1994) ... zum 400. Geburtstag des hochberühmten Delineatoris (Zeichners), Incisoris (Stechers) et Editoris (Verlegers) Matthaeus Merian des Aelteren (Frankfurt am Main: Museum für Kunsthandwerk, 1993).

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