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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M15492
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Francis Cleyn, German (1582-1658)
Title
The Golden Bough
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Virgil (John Ogilby. The works of Publius Virgilius Maro. Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illutrated with Annotations)
Alternate Title: Aeneas and the Golden Bough
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1654
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255919

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 29.7 × 19.2 cm (11 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, at the lower edge of the image, centered: F. Cleyn inu. W. Hollar fecit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin to left and right of armorial, beginning at the right and alternating sides: Quos æguus amavit / Iupiter, aut ardens evex= / it ad æthera virtus. / Si, te Fata vocant: ali= / ter non viribus ullis / Vincere, nec duro pote= / ris convellere ferro. / Si nunc se nobis ille / aureus arbore ramus / Ostendat nemore in / tanto. / [E]LIÆ ASHMOLE Arnd (qui est Mercurio= / philus Anglicus) Tabula merito votiva.
  • inscription: verso: [letterpress text]
  • inscription: in plate, motto on scroll below armorial: EX VNO OMNIA
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M15492
  • inscription: vers, graphite: M15492
  • watermark: fleur de lys

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1374, Pennington 311

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor George Hanfmann
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
M15492
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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