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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1852
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
After Francesco Francia, Italian (Bologna, Italy c. 1450-1517 Bologna, Italy)
Title
Pagan Sacrifice
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Four Antique Figures at an Altar
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1638
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 23.2 × 18.5 cm (9 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: Andrea Mantegnio inu: W: Hollar,: fecit. j638. Secundum Originale quod conseruatur in Ædibus Arundeliarus Londini,
  • watermark: partial Strasbourg Bend[?]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with illegible graphite inscription: [illeg. but should be Dr. WA[linked] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline; Wilhem August Ackermann (Lugt 791)] [illeg] g.9s
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: g :1 [cut off at bottom of page]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1852
  • inscription: verso, graphite: P. 465

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 258, Pennington 465

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1852
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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