G1876: Landscape with an Angler

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1876

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1568 - 1625 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Landscape with an Angler

Other Titles

Former Title: Angler, Landscape

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1650

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273882

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 12.3 × 17.6 cm (4 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
plate: 12.2 × 17.5 cm (4 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower margin, at left and toward right: Brüghel pinxit. / W: Hollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, 1650,
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1876
• inscription: verso, graphite: 0/5

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/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 1103, Pennington 1214

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1876

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

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