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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1847
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Paulus Pontius, Flemish (Antwerp 1603 - 1658 Antwerp)
After Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)
Title
Seated Figure of Diana the Huntress
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Nymph of Diana, Sitting
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274335

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, engraving and drypoint printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching, engraving and drypoint
Dimensions
sheet: 21.5 × 15.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin at left: P. Pontius et W. Hollar faciebant
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: P. van Avont inu:
  • inscription: graphite, lower margin to right of center: P. no 276
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1847

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1225, Pennington 276

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1847
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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