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Wenceslaus Hollar

Muscarum Scaraboreorum Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae ... ex Collectione Arundelian

Description

Maker

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)

Title

Muscarum Scaraboreorum Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae ... ex Collectione Arundelian
Six Insects, from the series Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae...ex Collectione Arundelian, Antwerp

Year

1646

Medium

  • etching

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching

Materials

plate (illustration)

Supports

  • Laid paper:moderate thickness.

Geography

Place Made: Antwerp

Dimensions

12.7 x 16.5 x 1 cm (5 x 6 1/2 x 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On last page (before back fly-leaf) in pencil "5/14/70 AZ MARLBOROUGH 70-089".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Membership Fund

Object Number

70.089

Type

  • Books

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
Muscarum Scaraboreorum Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae ... ex Collectione Arundelian; Six Insects, from the series Vermiumque Varie Figure & Formae...ex Collectione Arundelian, Antwerp, 1646
Etching
12.7 x 16.5 x 1 cm (5 x 6 1/2 x 3/8 inches)
Museum Membership Fund 70.089

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