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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.306
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Johann Liss, German (Oldenburg, Germany c. 1595-1600 - 1631 Venice, Italy)
Title
Peasant Brawl; verso: Design for a funeral monument(?)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370220

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 21.8 × 32.3 cm (8 9/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: P Brugel inu
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: 1646 / W Hollar fecit
  • inscription: on mat, graphite: Peasants fighting. / P. 599
  • inscription: on mat, graphite: Etching after Pieter Brueghel. / Lacks verses at foot. / 27.vi S6 2of[?]
  • watermark: crescent(?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Pennington 599; New Hollstein 861

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.306
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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