Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Six insects
(c. 1646)
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.1 × 11.9 cm (plate) 8.5 × 12.4 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Parthey 2165; Pennington 2165 iii

Edition
3rd state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.c.: W. Hollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 11
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 10 (underlined)

Accession Number
1278.409-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Six insects
(c. 1646)
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)