Putti schieten kanon af: Het element Vuur, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Pieter van Avont, 1647 - 1706

Title(s)

Putti schieten kanon af: Het element Vuur
De vier elementen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

1/3

Object number

RP-P-1907-3925

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 941-2(2)
• Pennington 523

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

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

Place

print maker: Antwerp
after design by: Antwerp
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1647 and/or 1647 - 1706

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 144 mm × width 207 mm

What

• fire (one of the four elements)
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• firearms: cannon

Acquisition

purchase 1907

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 224, cat.nr. 941
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 80, cat.nr. 523