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A moth, three butterflies and two beetles

A moth, three butterflies and two beetles
1646
from the Muscarum scarabeorum... (Various types of flying insects and beetles) series (c. 1646)

Medium
etching

Measurements
7.9 × 11.8 cm (plate) 8.1 × 12.1 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
Parthey 2168; Pennington 2168 ii

Edition
2nd state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 5
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: H W. (not in Lugt)
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse u.l.: 2
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: 2168
stamped in purple ink on reverse u.c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)

Accession Number
1278.416-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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