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Titlepage
(1645)
for Varie figure... (Various figures...) by Wencelaus Hollar, Antwerp, 1645

Medium
etching

Measurements
7.8 × 11.5 cm (plate) 8.6 × 12.4 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 2671; Pennington 2671 v

Edition
5th state

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: VARIE FIGURÆ ET PRO= / bæ, Artem picturæ incipiendae / Ivventuti utiles, a Wencelao / Hollar Bohemo, aqua forti aeri in = / = sculptæ, Antverpiæ Ao (o in superscript : ) 1645
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar fecit
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 1
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: JBJ (Lugt 1425: Revd J. Burleigh James)
stamped in ink on reverse l.r.: R (not in Lugt)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: P. 2671
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)

Accession Number
1278.418-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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