M13428: John Banfi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13428

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jacob Peter Gowy, Flemish (active 1632 - c. 1661)

Title

John Banfi

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Johann Banfi Huniades

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1644

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255756

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: stamp: E De T Bechtel [Lugt 4707]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: B / Ver[duplicate stamp, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 2482)]
• collector's mark: recto, stamp: K.F.F. von Nagler
• collector's mark: recto, stamp: [Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606)]
• inscription: in plate, bottom: GOWY deli. W.Hollar fecit/ Aqua fortis. 1644

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/i

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 558, Pennington 1358

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

M13428

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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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