Homer's Statue | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1889
People: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title: Homer's Statue
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Homer's Iliad (John Ogilby, 1660)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: Circa 1660
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273997

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 30.3 × 20.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 33.7 × 25 cm (13 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: fleur de lis
inscription: lower margin, right, below image, graphite: W. Hollar P. 1422
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1889

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 1747, Pennington 1422

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1889
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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