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Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies
Public Domain

Wenceslaus Hollar

Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies

1640-1650

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Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies

Wenceslaus Hollar

Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies

Wenceslaus Hollar

Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies

1640-1650

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 130 × 193 mm. (5 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.) Plate: 119 × 180 mm. (4 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2415

Inscribed: Recto: none Verso: lower left corner, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6322" inside and "15" beside it

Markings: CM: Claghorn; WM: partial, indecipherable watermark

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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1645
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