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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1928
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Still Life with a Group of Muffs, a Pair of Gloves, and Two Kerchiefs
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Muffs
Alternate Title: Five Muffs, Two Lace-Bordered Handkerchiefs, etc.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274275

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 10.8 × 20.4 cm (4 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom center and right: WH[linked]ollar fecit Aqua forti. 1647. Antuerpiæ,
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1928
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P. 1957 / Ack. 412 [but without the Ackermann collection stamp (Lugt 791)]

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 799, Pennington 1951

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1928
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Harvard University Art Museums/ Harvard University Press, Francis Calley Gray and Art Collecting for America (Cambridge, MA, 1986), p. 223, fig. 17

Exhibition History

  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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