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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13436
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Dead Mole
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255870

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 × 13.5 cm (2 3/4 × 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline; Edwin de T. Bechtel (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: W: Hollar fecit, 1646.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON. / M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No. _____ [referring to the Museum of Fine Art's Sewall Collection purchased with funds from Harvey D. Parker (Lugt 1870)]
  • watermark: center, illegible lettering: [illegible]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 5 3/4 f[illeg.] / The Dead Mole, / 2d.. st., acc: to Borl[struck through]ovsky. / P. 2106 p. 635. / Duplicate
  • collector's mark: brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,436
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: W
  • inscription: on old mat, now removed, printed text, cut from catalogue?: 607 Dead Mole. 1646. P2196. Fiar inp. 2x5

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 908, Pennington 2106

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13436
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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