Sir Thomas Cromwell

Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Hans Holbein the Elder

Artist After, German, c. 1465 - 1524

Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Elder

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.3 × 13.8 cm (7 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.620

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 2526, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 2526, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65367835


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