23. Hieronymus Cock
(ca. 1510-1570) after Hans Bol
Landscape with a Castle to the Right

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Cock: Landscape with a Castle

Landscape with a Castle to the Right

Etching, 1562, 230 x 321 mm., Hollstein 17 i/ii (as after Bol), Riggs 11 from River Landscapes with Views of Villages (plate 11). A generally fine and detailed impression with spots of sloppy or dry printing (mostly in the sky), on laid paper with the watermark of a Gothic P, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, showing the borderline all around; two printer's creases at the lower left corner, a short repaired tear, and traces of a flattened vertical center crease. The scene is panoramic, showing not only the castle, but a hunting party setting out along a tree-bordered road, a bit of life around the caste, a distant village, etc.