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Wenceslaus Hollar, after Peeter van Avont

Three Cherubs and Two Boys Each Raising One Arm on Clouds, 1646

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series Title

Paedopaegnion

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 12.7 x 20.4 cm (5 x 8 1/16 in.)

sheet: 12.8 x 20.6 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 856, State i/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.172

Artists / Makers

Wenceslaus Hollar (artist) Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Peeter van Avont (artist after) Flemish, 1600 - 1652

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Petrus van Avont inv. / W. Holl fecit

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1982: Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, no. 505.

1996: The New Hollstein German Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 856, i/ii

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