Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644 - 1652

Title(s)

Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders
Verschillende insecten (series title)
Diversae Insectorum (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1911-508

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1272
• Pennington 2183

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2773
• collector's mark: Lugt 2900
• collector's mark: Lugt 975

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1644 - 1652

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 112 mm × width 195 mm

What

• insects: butterfly
• insects: dragon-fly
• insects: beetle

Acquisition

purchase 1911

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. IV, p. 302, cat.nr. 1272
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 336, cat.nr. 2183