G1934: Lion

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1934

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Lion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1645

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274377

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 9.4 × 12.7 cm (3 11/16 × 5 in.)
sheet: 10.2 × 13.4 cm (4 × 5 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left corner: Alb: Durer pinxit, / W. Hollar fecit, ex Collectione / Arundeliana, 1645
• inscription: in plate, lower right: 1518 / AD [monogram]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1934
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Lp. Auct. Jan 1856 / No. 2239. 1 Thr. 12 Ng / L3.30 / P.2094 / 967.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Pennington 2094

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1934

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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