M13441: Water Fowl

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13441

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Water Fowl

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Waterbird

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255935

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 8.5 × 11.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/2 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, purple stamp: H surmounted by a roman cross [Hugh Melville Howard; Lugt 1280b]
• inscription: in plate, lower left: WH[linked]ollar fecit, 1646
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: H. [followed by another letter? Probably H.W., Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383)]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P. 2160 / c 23217 / 1319 [in a circle] / 75 [in a circle] / 1 [in a circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Hugh Melville Howard (Lugt 1280b). Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 912, Pennington 2160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

M13441

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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