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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13435
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Near Genoa
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Views of Italy
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1669
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black innk on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6.1 × 10 cm (2 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: plate, upper center: bey Genoa
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Ar: Tooker: ex W. Hollar fecit, 1669 6.
  • collector's mark: stamp: E De T Bechtel [Lugt 4707]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,435

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1838, Pennington 1100

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13435
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

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