Schelp, hippopus hippopus, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644 - 1652

Title(s)

Schelp, hippopus hippopus
Schelpen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1920-2772

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1309
• Pennington 2224

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 68
• collector's mark: Lugt 384
• collector's mark: Lugt 654

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1644 - 1652

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 96 mm × width 149 mm

What

• molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

Acquisition

purchase 1920

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, dl. IV, p. 311, cat.nr. 1309
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Richard Pennington, p. 338, cat.nr. 2224