Margaret, Lady Butts | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1905
People: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title: Margaret, Lady Butts
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Lady Butts
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1649
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/274316

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 13.3 × 9 cm (5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, lower margin: HH[linked]olbein inu: WH[linked]ollar fecit 1649. A: Alexius Bierling ex.
collector's mark: erso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1905
inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P[?].-T. / P 1553.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 1067, Pennington 1553

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1905
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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