M13410: Peter Smart
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M13410
- People
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
- Title
- Peter Smart
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: The Reverend Peter Smart
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1641
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/255961
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 13.5 × 8.7 cm (5 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- collector's mark: stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
- inscription: in plate, within the upper portion of the oval image: Ætatis suæ 73 A 1641
- inscription: in plate, around the upper portion of the oval image: I hate them that hould of superstitious vanities but thy law doe I loue.Psal:31:u:7
- inscription: in plate, below oval image: The lively portrature of the Reuerend Peter Smart Mr: of Artes / Minister of Gods word at Bouden Prebend of Durham, & one of his / Maties. High Comiscioners in the prouince of Yorke, who for prea: / ching against Popery Ano. 1628 lost aboue 300tt. peranü; and / was imprisoned in ye Ks: bench aboue a 11 yeares by the High Comision / Peter preach down vaine rites with flagrant harte / Thy Guerdon shall be greate, though heare thou Smart / Georg: Abbot Archepisco: cant: composuit
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,410
- inscription: verso, graphite: P. 1504
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- ii/ii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 353, Pennington 1504
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
- Accession Year
- 1957
- Object Number
- M13410
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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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