Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.02923
Title
- The Cathedral of Antwerp
Creator
attributed to: Cornelis Muller (woodcutter [printmaker])
Production date
1567
Description
Delen attributes this woodcut to Cornelis Muller, based on a presumably monogram "C" on the gate of the west portal. In the block there is a cut-out in the cartouche for the title in letterpress.
Object name
woodblock [printing matrix]
Material
wood [plant material]
Technique
woodcut [printing process]
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione ... di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania inferiore, 1567, f. K2 verso-K3 recto
Literature
- Adriaan Jan Jozef Delen, Iconographie van Antwerpen, 1930, p. 81, nr. 52
- Guicciardini illustratus: de kaarten en prenten in Lodovico Guicciardini's beschrijving van de Nederlanden, 2001, p. 135, Antwerpen-Kathedraal-1 (a, b, c)