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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.271
People
Albert Flamen, Flemish (1620 - 1692)
Title
Greater Weever (Trachinus draco) or Spotted Weever (Trachinus araneus)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Areneus. La Viue
Series/Book Title: Saltwater Fish, Part II
Series/Book Title: Poissons de Mer
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1660
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370529

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.3 × 16.5 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
sheet: 21.2 × 26.9 cm (8 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: AB Flamen f
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Araneus. La Viue.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Cum privil. Regis
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: B18
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: RD434i

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[James A. Bergquist, Boston] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1988, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
The Illustrated Bartsch 20; Robert-Dumesnil 434

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.271
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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