Three Moths, Two Butterflies, and a Bumble Bee
1646
Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 8.1 × 12 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 8.3 × 12.1 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.4947
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 921, 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. 2172, 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. 921, state i/iii.
Inscriptions
in plate, at top center: WHollar fecit ex Collectione / Arundeliana 1646.; verso, lower left, in graphite, by a later hand: P.2172; verso, lower right, in graphite, by a later hand: 637
Wikidata ID
Q65026351