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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1893
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title
Charles de Solier, Sire de Morette
Other Titles
Former Title: Mr. Morett
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274202

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 14.4 × 10.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.5 × 16.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Mr. MORETT. / Holbein pinxit W:Hollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, Ao. 1647. 31 Decē:
  • inscription: lower margin of sheet, graphite: P. 1470. / Ack 391
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[linked / Pr. [within a double circular borderline; Wilhem August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1893
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Caghtd. [or] Bghte. [or some combination of these]

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

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 980, Pennington 1470

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1893
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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