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Identification and Creation

Object Number
74.2004.17
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Francis Cleyn, German (1582-1658)
Title
Aeneas Leaves Troy
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Aeneid
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1653
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58396

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 30.2 × 19.5 cm (11 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 32.3 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: W. Hollar fecit
  • inscription: in plate, just above image border line, left, toward left, right: F. Cleyn // W. Hollar fecit // Æ 2.l.915
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, on each side of an armorial: To ye Right Honble // Robt. Ld. Constable Visnt / Dunbar in ye // Kingdom of Scotland.
  • inscription: in plate, motto on scroll below armorial: SANS MAUUVAIS DESIRE
  • inscription:
  • watermark:
  • inscription: black ink, upper edge, verso: James Constable collection #21

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollistein 1367, Pennington 304

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, James Constable Collection, Loan from James Constable
Object Number
74.2004.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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