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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13434
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
1665
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255461

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5.9 × 9.8 cm (2 5/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in sky area: bey Genoa
  • inscription: in plate, in lower margin, left and right: Ar: Tooker ex: WH[linked]ollar fecit 1665 5:
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T Bechtel [within a ractangular borderline (Lugt 4707)].
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,434

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 1837, Pennington 1099

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13434
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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