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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13428
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jacob Peter Gowy, Flemish (active 1632 - c. 1661)
Title
John Banfi
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Johann Banfi Huniades
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1644
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255756

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to cream
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: stamp: E De T Bechtel [Lugt 4707]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: B / Ver[duplicate stamp, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 2482)]
  • collector's mark: recto, stamp: K.F.F. von Nagler
  • collector's mark: recto, stamp: [Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606)]
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: GOWY deli. W.Hollar fecit/ Aqua fortis. 1644

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/i
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 558, Pennington 1358

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13428
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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