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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13429
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Title Page with View of a Hamlet including a Church and Strasbourg Beyond
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Amoenissimi Aliquot Locorum in Diversis Provincijs Iacetium
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1643-1644
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255435

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9.5 × 17.3 cm (3 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.)
sheet: 10.1 × 17.9 cm (4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: H [with a cross interposed within and below the lower part of the initial; Robert Austin Hoehn (Lugt 3756), but the mat of the print identifies the mark as that of H. M. Howard]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,429
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: c.23200 / P. 719 / 2nd st
  • watermark:
  • inscription: in plate, in a cartouche in the skyscult: AMOENISSIMI ALIQVOT / Locorum in diversis Provincijs Iacē- / tium Prospectvs, a Wenceslao Hollar: / Bohemo, delineatæ & Aqvaforti æri / insculptæ, Londini. Ao: 1643 & / 1644
  • inscription: in plate, at lower left in light area of the foreground: 1
  • inscription: in plate, in sky at left and below cartouche: Strasburg / S Iohann

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 422, Pennington 719

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13429
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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