G1860: Strasbourg Cathedral
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G1860
- People
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
- Title
- Strasbourg Cathedral
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1645
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/274351
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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plate: 22.2 × 17.8 cm (8 3/4 × 7 in.)
sheet: 23.3 × 18.1 cm (9 3/16 × 7 1/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, lower left corner just above borderline: W Hollar fecit 1645
- inscription: graphite, lower right corner of sheet: P. 892
- collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1860
- watermark: partial watermark at lower edge of sheet: foolscap
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein722, Pennington 892
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G1860
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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