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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.79
People
Wendel Dietterlin, German (active 1610-14)
Title
Two Grotesque Standing Birds or Insects, with Two Smaller Birds and Two Flying Birds, in a Landscape
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1615
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349730

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 11.6 x 16.8 cm (4 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): inscribed in plate, upper right corner: I
  • collector's mark: Perhaps a duplicate stamp? not in Lugt.: collector's stamp, turquoise, verso, lower left: an outlined vertical oval with, within, the letters H over DUP over B.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
2nd edition
Standard Reference Number
Warncke II 1039

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.79
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/06/2019 - 06/20/2019

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