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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1356
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)
Title
Pædopægnion
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Title Page
Series/Book Title: Paedopaegnion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243701

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 × 21 cm (5 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 15.3 × 22.3 cm (6 × 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: graphite, bottom margin of sheet, in handwriting of John Witt Randall?: Peter van Avont inv. W Hollar fec. 492. N. 2141.4bl.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Pet. van Auont excud Cum priuilegio
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: W. Hollar fecit
  • inscription: in plate, center: PAEDOPAEGNION siue PVERORVM LVDENTIVM SCHEMATA VARIA Pictorum usiui aptata. Nobilissimo Domino D. GEORGIO AB ETTENHARD, Sacri Imperij Equiti, Maiestatis Catholicae Thesaurario Generali Sanctae Cruciatae in Regnis Hispaniarum: Singulari omnium Bonarum Artium Patrono. Pet van Auont Antuerp. Inuentor L.M.D.D.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Callection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1356
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: D : No. 5 [probably in Randall's hand] / uf/fr[?] dr [probably in Randall's hand] / No. 852

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
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 849, Pennington 492

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1356
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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