Harvard Art Museums > G1848: Briseis and Achilles Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Briseis and Achilles (Wenceslaus Hollar)(After Francis Cleyn) , G1848,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274336. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1848 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) After Francis Cleyn, German (1582-1658) Title Briseis and Achilles Other Titles Alternate Title: Briseis Led from Achilles' Tent Series/Book Title: Homer's Iliad (Homer His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd With Sculpture, And Illustrated With Annotations By John Ogilby) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1656 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/274336 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 29.7 × 19.5 cm (11 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.5 × 24 cm (13 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower left: F. Cleyn inu. W. Hollar fec. 1656 inscription: in plate, lower margin to left and right of an armorial: Honoratiss: Do: Dominæ / Filiæ Honoratisimi // Arabellæ Wentworth / Tho: Wentworth Comitis / hanc. D.D.D.L.M.I.O. / Lib: i Ver. 320. watermark: [illeg.] inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P. 286 inscription: verso, graphite: no.1 of 4 pieces for Ogilby's Homer collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1848 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/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 1748, Pennington 286 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1848 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
