Four Caterpillars and a Snail

1646

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image depicts insects and a snail in intricate black and white sketching. A coiled caterpillar is at the top, a snail is at the center, a spiky object is at the upper right, and two caterpillars are at the bottom in different textures. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray and black illustrating textures and patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8 × 11.9 cm (3 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.3 × 12.1 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4942

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 916, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Giuseppe Archinto [1783-1861], Milan (Lugt 52); Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727); Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt [c.1840-1914], Berlin (Lugt 2926); (C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 637); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, no. 2167, state, i/iii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 916, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

in plate, at bottom right: WHollar fecit, ex Collectione Arun= / deliana. Ao 1646; verso, lower left, in graphite, by a later hand: P. 2167; verso, lower right, in graphite, by a later hand: 637

Wikidata ID

Q65026346

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