Vijf cherubijnen zittend op wolken, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Pieter van Avont, 1646

Title(s)

Vijf cherubijnen zittend op wolken
Paedopaegnion (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1887-A-11471

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 856-1(2)
• Pennington 505-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Pieter van Avont (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 128 mm × width 205 mm

What

• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• children's games and plays (+ variant)
• clouds

Acquisition

purchase 1887

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 173, cat.nr. 892
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 78, cat.nr. 505