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Wenceslaus Hollar

Diversae insectorum aligerorum

c. 1646

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Wenceslaus Hollar

Diversae insectorum aligerorum

c. 1646

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 131 × 195 mm. (5 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.) Plate: 119 × 184 mm. (4 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2413

Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper center, in plate "Diversæ INSECTORUM [...] BOHEMO" Verso: lower left corner, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6322" inside and "13" beside it; bottom right corner, in pencil "W Hollar"; bottom center, in pencil "8bl [indecipherable] 1/36"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Bohemian, 1607-1677

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
Wenceslaus Hollar, Claudine Stella, and others
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
c. 1670
DIVERSAE AVIUM SPECIES PER FRA BARLOW
Richard Gaywood and Francis Barlow
Diversae avium species per Fra Barlow
1658
THE LAST SUPPER
Wenceslaus Hollar, Claudine Stella, and others
The Last Supper
c. 1670
THE FOUR WINDMILLS
Wenceslaus Hollar and Jan Brueghel the Younger
The Four Windmills
1650
PETER VON SERIN, HUNGARIAN GENERAL
Unknown Artist and Wenceslaus Hollar
Peter von Serin, Hungarian General
n.d.
HOLY FAMILY
Wenceslaus Hollar and Joseph Heintz II
Holy Family
1627
SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLY AND TWELVE OTHER INSECTS
Wenceslaus Hollar
Swallow-Tailed Butterfly and Twelve Other Insects
c. 1646
THREE CATERPILLARS, A MOTH AND FOUR BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
Three Caterpillars, a Moth and Four Butterflies
c. 1646
A DRAGONFLY, LADYBIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
A Dragonfly, Ladybirds and Butterflies
c. 1646
TWO DRAGONFLIES AND FIVE BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies
c. 1646