M9609: Two Deformed Heads Facing Each Other
Prints
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9609
- People
-
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Leonardo da Vinci, Italian (Anchiano, Italy 1452 - 1519 Amboise, France)
- Title
- Two Deformed Heads Facing Each Other
- Other Titles
-
Series/Book Title: Varie figuræ et probæ artem . . .
Alternate Title: Busts of a Male and a Female with Grotesque Features - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1645
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/255939
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
-
plate: 7.8 × 11.8 cm (3 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 16 × 20.2 cm (6 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: in plate, upper left and upper right: Leonardo da Vinci inu / W. Hollar fecit.
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9609 / P. 1595
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 748, Pennington 1595
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Collection
- Object Number
- M9609
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Verification Level
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu