R1368: Portrait of a Man

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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