Three Cherubs and Two Boys on Clouds

1646

Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Wenceslaus Hollar, after Peeter van Avont

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein no. 850, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76559026

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