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Realm of Pallas

Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer

Realm of Pallas

1645

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Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer

Realm of Pallas

1645

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 94 × 149 mm. (3 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2281

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "PALLAS"; below image, lower left, in plate "Ælsheimer pinxit"; below image, lower right, in plate "WHollar fecit aqua forti ex Collectione Arundeliana / 1646"; below image, bottom right, written in pencil "[VV[indecipherable]" Verso: bottom left, Claghorn diamond/lozenge written in pencil with 6265" inside; top right, written in pencil "[indecipherable]062"; bottom right, in pencil "C.2.5.P.10"; top center, written in pen and ink "Tho[indecipherable] Thane" (similar but not identical to L.2394--lacks flourish below)

Markings: CM: Claghorn; WM: Strasbourg lily wtih jewels in crown band, backwards 4 + WR hanging from the bottom (similar to Ash/Fletcher 36 Strasbourg lily D.b. and Strasbourg lily I.c.)

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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Artist

Adam Elsheimer

German, 1578-1610
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