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Dragonflies and a bumble bee

Wenceslaus HOLLAR
Dragonflies and a bumble bee
 1646
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.1 × 11.9 cm (plate and sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Parthey 2169; Pennington 2169 ii

Edition
2nd state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: WHollar fect ex Collectione / Arundeliana 1646. 11
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: N.W. (not in Lugt)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: 2169
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)

Accession Number
1278.410-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Exhibition
Worlds in Miniature

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