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Moth and Three Butterflies

Wenceslaus Hollar

Moth and Three Butterflies

1645

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Wenceslaus Hollar

Moth and Three Butterflies

1645

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 84 × 121 mm. (3 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Plate: 80 × 117 mm. (3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.) Mount: 89 × 126 mm. (3 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2411

Inscribed: Recto: in image, top left, in plate "W. Hollar fecit 1646."; in image, top right, in plate "ex Collectione Arundeliana"; below image, bottom left, in pencil "[indecipherable]" Verso: lower center right, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6322" inside and "10" beside it

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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