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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1888
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title
Hans Holbein
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273937

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14.5 × 11.2 cm (5 11/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, above design: HANNS HOLBEİN.
  • inscription: in plate, within image, to left and right of head: HH[linked] / Æ: 4.5 // ANo 1543
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Vera Effigies Iohannis Holbeinij Basi= / =liensis Pictoris & delineatoris rarissimi, / ipse Holbeinius pinxit, Wenceslaus Hollar aqua forti æri insculpsit, ex Collec: Arundel: 1647
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: P. 1418 1st State
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836) 1888

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 979, Pennington 1418

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1888
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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