Harvard Art Museums > R1369: Wenceslaus Hollar Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Wenceslaus Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)(After Johannes Meyssens) , R1369,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/243650. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R1369 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) After Johannes Meyssens, Flemish (1612-1670) Title Wenceslaus Hollar Other Titles Series/Book Title: Image de Divers Hommes Desprit Sublime (1649) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1649 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/243650 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions sheet: 15.8 × 11 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower margin: WENCESLAUS HOLLAR / Gentilhomme ne a Prage l'an 1607, a esté de nature fort inclin pr l'art de meniature principa= / lement pour esclaircir, mais beaucoup retardé par son pere, lan 1627, il est party de Prage aÿant / demeure en divers lieux en Allemaigne, il ç est addonne pour peu de temps a esclaircir et aplicquer / leau forte, estant party de Coloigne avec le Comte d'Arondel vers Vienne et dillec par Prage / vers l'Angleterre, ou aÿant esté serviteur domesticque du Duc de Iorck, il s'est retire de la a cause / de la guerre a Anvers ou il reside encores. / Ie. Meyssens pinxit et excudit. watermark: Strasbourg lily collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp [(Lugt 2130)] 1369 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: £ 1.5.- / 4207 / 1744[struck through] / P 1419 / XE[underlined] / l u l / no 10- Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/v Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 1058, Pennington 1419 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R1369 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
