G1890: Jane Seymour

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1890

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)

Title

Jane Seymour

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1648

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273938

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 13.3 × 10.7 cm (5 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower margin area: İOHANNA SEYMOVR REGİNA, HENRI= / =ci VIII Regis Angliæ Vxor 3a. Edwardi 6st. Mater // HH[linked]olbein pinxit. W: Hollar fecit aqua forti, ex Collectione Arundeliana, 1648.
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[linked] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P 1427 / Ack. 388 / 7/111. 15
• watermark: partial: Foolscap
• inscription: lower right corner: [erased: British price?] P 1427
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1890

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 977, Pennington 1427

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1890

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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