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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M758.-M787
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Borders after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Flemish ('s-Hertogenbosch 1596 - 1675 Antwerp)
Title
Dance of Death (Mortalium nobilitas, first edition)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Dance of Death (bound volume)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/48204

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bound volume
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
binding: 18.6 × 14.8 × 1.8 cm (7 5/16 × 5 13/16 × 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inner front cover, graphite: Dance of Death / Hollar
  • inscription: front flyleaf, recto, graphite: Gift of W. A. White, May 15, 1917.
  • label: oblong paper label adhered to front flyleaf, recto: FOGG ART MUSEUM
  • inscription: rear cover endsheet, various graphite inscriptions: u [or n]/eh/. / B [within a rectangular borderline] / ∆ z. o z [underlined] / 5

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
see New Hollstein v. 9, p. 170

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. A. White
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
M758.-M787
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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