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Three butterflies, a wasp and six insects

Henri LE ROY, Wenceslaus HOLLAR (after)
Three butterflies, a wasp and six insects
 1651
plate 6 from the Muscarum scarabeorum series 1651

Medium
etching

Measurements
16.6 × 11.5 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 919 (copy) and 914 (copy); Pennington 2170 (copy) and 2165 (copy)

Printing/Publishing
published by Herman Weyen, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: 6

Accession Number
1278.404.6-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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