M9612: Two Deformed Heads Facing Each Other
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9612
- People
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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
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Series/Book Title: Varie figuræ et probæ artem . . .
Alternate Title: Busts of a Male and a Female with Highly Grotesque Facial Features - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1645
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/263151
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, damaged and discolored to cream
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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plate: 9.6 × 14.2 cm (3 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)
sheet: 16 × 20.2 cm (6 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, upper center: ...da Vincii inu:.
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9612 / P. 1597
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 749, Pennington 1597
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Collection
- Object Number
- M9612
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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