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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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