Harvard Art Museums > G1929: Head of a Young Black Boy in Profile to Right in an Oval Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head of a Young Black Boy in Profile to Right in an Oval (Wenceslaus Hollar) , G1929,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273119. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1929 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title Head of a Young Black Boy in Profile to Right in an Oval Other Titles Former Title: Head of a Black Boy Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1635 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273119 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 8.1 × 6.3 cm (3 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.) sheet: 8.7 × 6.8 cm (3 7/16 × 2 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower right spandrel: W. Hollar inu:/ 1635 collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1929 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: x / [erased and illegible] P. 2005//g.gs. [erased and illegible] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 147, Pennington 2005 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1929 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. Exhibition History Africans in Black and White: Images of Blacks in 16th- and 17th-Century Prints, W. E .B. Du Bois Institute, Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge, 09/02/2010 - 12/03/2010 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
