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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1875
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jacques d'Arthois, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1613 - 1686)
Published by Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)
Title
The Beggar
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1649
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273840

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened and stained
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 15.5 × 21.2 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom margin, left, centered, and right: Iac. van Artois pinxit, / W. Hollar fecit, 1649. / P. van Avont exc:
  • inscription: lower margin, to right of center, graphite: P. No. 1211 [corrected from 1210]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1875

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 999, Pennington 1211

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1875
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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