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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9599
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Leonardo da Vinci, Italian (Anchiano, Italy 1452 - 1519 Amboise, France)
Title
Varie figuræ et probæ artem . . .
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Varie figuræ et probæ artem . . .
Alternate Title: Title Page, Varie figuræ et probæ...
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1645
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255863

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, damaged and darkened to tan
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 7.8 × 10.3 cm (3 1/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
sheet: 15.9 × 19.8 cm (6 1/4 × 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: armorial? illegible
  • (not assigned): in plate, upper right, the last line of three words added in another hand: VARIE FIGURÆ ET PRO= / =bæ, Artem picturæ incipiendæ / Inuentuti utiles, a Wenceslao / Hollar Bohemo, aqua forti æri in= / =sculptæ, Antverpiæ A: 1645. / Carolus Allard excudit
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: W. Hollar fecit.
  • inscription: upper right coner of sheet, brown ink: 3/
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9599

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 737, Pennington 2671

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Collection
Object Number
M9599
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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