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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13410
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Peter Smart
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Reverend Peter Smart
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1641
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255961

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 × 8.7 cm (5 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, within the upper portion of the oval image: Ætatis suæ 73 A 1641
  • inscription: in plate, around the upper portion of the oval image: I hate them that hould of superstitious vanities but thy law doe I loue.Psal:31:u:7
  • inscription: in plate, below oval image: The lively portrature of the Reuerend Peter Smart Mr: of Artes / Minister of Gods word at Bouden Prebend of Durham, & one of his / Maties. High Comiscioners in the prouince of Yorke, who for prea: / ching against Popery Ano. 1628 lost aboue 300tt. peranü; and / was imprisoned in ye Ks: bench aboue a 11 yeares by the High Comision / Peter preach down vaine rites with flagrant harte / Thy Guerdon shall be greate, though heare thou Smart / Georg: Abbot Archepisco: cant: composuit
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,410
  • inscription: verso, graphite: P. 1504

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 353, Pennington 1504

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13410
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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