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Nine butterflies, a moth and two beetles

Henri LE ROY, Wenceslaus HOLLAR (after)
Nine butterflies, a moth and two beetles
 1651
plate 5 from the Muscarum scarabeorum series 1651

Medium
etching

Measurements
16.7 × 11.6 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 922 (copy) and 923 (copy); Pennington 2173 (copy) and 2174 (copy)

Printing/Publishing
published by Herman Weyen, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: 5

Accession Number
1278.404.5-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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