Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer
Realm of Venus
1640-1650
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Adam Elsheimer
Realm of Venus
1640-1650
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 92 × 148 mm. (3 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.2284
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left corner, in plate, "Ælsheimer pinxit."; below image, lower center in plate "VENUS"; below image, lower right corner, in plate "WHollar fecit Antuerpie, ex Collectione / Arundeliana" Verso: bottom left, written in pencil "5855. / 0/gn."; bottom center, written in pencil "271."; lower left, written in pencil, Claghorn diamond/lozenge with "6264" inside
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Bernhard Keller (L. 384) WM: unidentifiable watermark