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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13413
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Adam Elsheimer, German (1578 - 1610)
Title
Mocking of Ceres
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Ceres and Stellio
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255881

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 29.8 × 22.9 cm (11 3/4 × 9 in.)
sheet: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Ælsheimer pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: W. Hollar fecit, aqua forti / 1646,
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, center, two stanzae separated by a vertical line: Dum frugum genitrix, tædas accendit in Ætna / Et toto natam quærit in Orbe suam / Victa siti conspecsit anum, Limphamque rogavit ,/ Orante Limpham Rustica dulce dedit, // Dum bibit acceptum, risit puer improbus illam, / Nec satis hoc, auidam dixerat ille Deam; / Ridentem Liquida fertur sparsisse polenta, / fugisset, sed iam stellio factus erat,
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,413
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P. 273 / Ceres and Stellio
  • watermark: [illegible but perhaps Foolscap]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 846, Pennington 273

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13413
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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