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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1902
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title
Young Man Wearing a Hat in Profile to Left
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Young Man with Slit Cap
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1646
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274205

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 3.5 × 9.1 cm (1 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: small Foolscap
  • inscription: in plate, upper left and upper right: HH[linked]olbein inu: WH[linked]ollar fecit,
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: D:Henrico van der Borcht iuniori, Artisi Pictoriæ Ama= / =tori, maximo, Amigo suo dilectissimo, hanc tabellam / dedicat, Adam Alexuis Bierling Ao. 1646,.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: N.915 [underlined and erased] / g.[illeg.]i / P1543
  • inscription: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1902

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i or iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 872, Pennington 1543

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1902
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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