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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1886
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Johannes Meyssens, Flemish (1612-1670)
Title
Jacob van Es
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Image de divers hommes desprit sublime (1649)
Alternate Title: Jacobus van Es
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1649
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274374

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 16.3 × 11.2 cm (6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom margin: IACOBVS VAN ES / Peinctre Excellent en fruicts poisson oiseauz et fleurs. les / quelles il faict extremement bien au naturel il demeure a Anuers / ÿ estant ne, / Joannes Meyssens pinxit et excudit, We. Hollar fecit,
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: P1399
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1866

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1057, Pennington 1399

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1886
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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