R1352: Shepherd in the Wood

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R1352

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jacques d'Arthois, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1613 - 1686)

Title

Shepherd in the Wood

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1649

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/243429

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black in on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.6 × 21.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 17.5 × 24.5 cm (6 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: loer right corner, graphite: early state [in Randall's hand]
• inscription: in plate, bottom margin, left, centered, right: P. van Artois pinxit, / WH[linked]ollar fecit, 1649,- / P. van Avont excudit;
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1352

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State

i/iv

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 997, Pennington 1206

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R1352

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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