M13426: Five Butterflies, a Moth, and Two Beetles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13426

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Five Butterflies, a Moth, and Two Beetles

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Muscarum scarabeorum

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255937

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 8 × 11.8 cm (3 1/8 × 4 5/8 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: WH[linked]ollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana
• inscription: verso, graphite: P 2174 (11) c. 22674
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,426

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 923, Pennington 2174

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

M13426

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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