G1902: Young Man Wearing a Hat in Profile to Left

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1902

People

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

Title

Young Man Wearing a Hat in Profile to Left

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Young Man with Slit Cap

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274205

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 3.5 × 9.1 cm (1 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: small Foolscap
• inscription: in plate, upper left and upper right: HH[linked]olbein inu: WH[linked]ollar fecit,
• inscription: in plate, lower margin: D:Henrico van der Borcht iuniori, Artisi Pictoriæ Ama= / =tori, maximo, Amigo suo dilectissimo, hanc tabellam / dedicat, Adam Alexuis Bierling Ao. 1646,.
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: N.915 [underlined and erased] / g.[illeg.]i / P1543
• inscription: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1902

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 or iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 872, Pennington 1543

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1902

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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