R1341: Head of a Cat
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- R1341
- People
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
- Title
- Head of a Cat
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Cat's Head ('This is a good cat who doesn't steal')
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1646
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/243710
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed on white wove paper, discolored to tan
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 18.2 × 13.2 cm (7 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, top: Dobrá kočzka která nemlsá
- inscription: in plate, bottom: ßas ist eine gutte Khatz, die nicht Nascht,
- inscription: in plate, lower left: WH[linked]ollar fecit / 1646
- collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1341
- inscription: verso, graphite: P2109
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 910, Pennington 2109
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
- Object Number
- R1341
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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