Art, literature & history
Cape Spartell from the West
1669/1670
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with watercolor over black chalk on two joined sheets of laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 10.1 x 62.8 cm (4 x 24 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1982.45.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Wenceslaus Hollar. Cape Spartell from the West. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Cape Spartell from the West — Wenceslaus Hollar. 1669/1670.
Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor over black chalk on two joined sheets of laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 10.1 x 62.8 cm (4 x 24 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1982.45.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.