G1932: Dead Hare

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1932

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Pieter Boel, Flemish (1622 - 1674)

Title

Dead Hare

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Dead Hare, Suspended

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1649

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274343

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 26.6 × 19.1 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 27.8 × 20.4 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Peeter Boel pinxit, W: Hollar fecit, 1649.
• inscription: l.r., graphite: bef. address. 1st St.
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [wihtin double circular borderline; Wilhelm August Acekrmann (Lugt 791)]
• inscription: lower edge of sheet to right, graphite: Bef. address. 1st St. P. 2058.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1932

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 1068, Pennington 2058

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1932

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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