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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1362
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)
Published by Johannes Meyssens, Flemish (1612-1670)
Title
Mary Villiers, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Plates published by Joannes Meyssensafter Anthony van Dyck
Series/Book Title: Iconography
Former Title: Mary Villiers, wife of the Third Duke of Richmond
Alternate Title: (wrongly called) Elisabetha
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 25.2 × 18.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: ILLVSTRİSS:me D:na DOMİ.na ELİSABETHA VİLLİERS DVCESSA DE LENOX ET RICH= / =MOND, etc: FILIA GEORGİJ VİLLİERS DVCİS ET COMİTİS BVCKİNGHAMIÆ. / Ant: van dyck pinxit. W: Hollar fecit. Ioannes Meysens ex: Antverpiæ.
  • watermark: Foolscap
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1362
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: y = WX / Nox / 873 / rm / Cl. Ph / 110

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
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 736, Pennington 1457, Mauquoy-Hendrickx 132

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1362
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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