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Titlepage

Henri LE ROY, Wenceslaus HOLLAR (after)
Titlepage
 1651
for the Muscarum scarabeorum series 1651

Medium
etching

Measurements
16.8 × 11.9 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 918 (copy) and 913 (copy c); Pennington 2169 (copy) and 2164 (copy)

Printing/Publishing
published by Herman Weyen, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.c.l.: Henri le Roy fecit
printed in ink l.c.r.: Æ. 72. 1652
printed in ink l.r.: 1
printed in ink (in cartouche) l.c.: Muſcarum Scarabeorum / Vermiumqɜ (q and ɜ joined) Varie Figure & Formæ / omnes primo ad uiuum coloribus / depictæ & ex Collectioné Aundelian / Herman Weyen Excudit A . Paris rue St. (t in superscript above .) Jacque à le(...illeg.)ge S.Benoiſt / pres la Poſte.

Accession Number
1278.404.1-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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