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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1368
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Duke of Suffolk
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1649
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 × 9.2 cm (5 5/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
sheet: 14 × 10 cm (5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: illegible elaborate watermark
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: HH[linked]olbein inu: WH[linked]ollar fecit. 1649. Adam Alexius Bierling ex: 6
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1368
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Duke of Suffolk / 35280 [struck through] / (669)/T/P1554 / 5[?] / 35279 / [?]

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1066, Pennington 1554

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1368
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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