R1366: Bearded Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R1366

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)

Title

Bearded Man

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk (?)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1647

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/243652

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 13.9 × 11.2 cm (5 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower edge: HH[linked]olbein pinxit, W: Hollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, Ao. 1647.
• collector's mark: verso of secondary support, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1366
• inscription: verso of secondary support, graphite: P. 1547? Charles Brandon, 4th duke of Suffolk? / Chamberlains "Imitations of orig. drawings by / Hans Holbein"

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

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 981, Pennington 1547

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R1366

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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