Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Three butterflies and a wasp
1646
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.1 × 11.9 cm (plate) 8.6 × 12.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Parthey 2170; Pennington 2170 ii or iii

Edition
2nd or 3rd state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 7
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: WHollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 7
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)

Accession Number
1278.406-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Three butterflies and a wasp
1646
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)