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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1371
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Nicolaes van Helt Stockade, Dutch (1614-1669)
Published by Johannes Meyssens, Flemish (1612-1670)
Title
Stefano della Bella
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Image de divers hommes desprit sublime (1649)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1649
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243825

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: Steffano de la Belle, natif de Florence en Italie, en l'an 1614 / tres bon painctre en petit, ausi faict merueilies, en l'eau / fort d'vn grand esprit, tres abondant, en inuentions, a faict / son comencement aupres Iacques Callot, on voit quantite de ses / estampes, par tout. / Stocade pinxit. WH[linked]ollar fecit. Ioannes Meyssens excudit.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 21307 / P1360
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1371

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1055, Pennington 1360

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1371
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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