M13437: Two-Handled Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13437

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)

Title

Two-Handled Cup

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Ornamental Designs

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255873

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 16.8 × 9.9 cm (6 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
sheet: 17.7 × 10.6 cm (6 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline; Edwin de T. Bechtel (Lugt 4707)]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: B [on the front face of a cube; Gordon A. Block (Lugt 342a)]
• inscription: in plate, to right of the base of the vase: HHolbein delin: / WH[linked]ollar fecit, ex / Collectione Arundeliana / 1646
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,437
• inscription: verso, graphite: 2632

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gordon A. Block (L. 342a). Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 830, Pennington 2632

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

M13437

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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