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Wenceslaus Hollar, after Peeter van Avont

Three Cherubs and Two Boys on Clouds, 1646

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series Title

Paedopaegnion

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 12.5 x 20.7 cm (4 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein no. 850, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.25

Artists / Makers

Wenceslaus Hollar (artist) Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

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

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Petrus van / Avont inve.; lower right in plate: W. Hollar fecit

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; 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. 504.

1996: The New Hollstein German Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 850, i/ii

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