Plate 5 of 8 from Diversae Insectorum Aligerorum
Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech, 1607 - 1677
about 1646
Etching on laid paper
Overall: 4 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (11.6 × 17.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
PR.999.22.5
Geography
Place Made: Czechoslovakia, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
ITAL 23, Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Italian Literature and Culture, Nancy Canepa, Spring 2012
ITAL 23, Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Italian Literature and Culture, Nancy Canepa, Winter 2015
Provenance
Swann Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, Sale 1826, lot 64; sold to present collection, 1999.
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