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Moth and three butterflies

Moth and three butterflies
1646
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)

Medium
etching

Measurements
7.9 × 11.8 cm (plate) 8.0 × 12.0 cm (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
Pathey 2166; Pennington 2166 ii

Edition
2nd state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: W. Hollar fecit 1646
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: ex Collectione Arundeliana
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 3
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: (...illeg.) W
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: 2166
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)

Accession Number
1278.414-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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