Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/9409948/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

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

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

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

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