Schelp, cymatium parthenopeum, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644 - 1652

Title(s)

Schelp, cymatium parthenopeum
Schelpen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1920-2773

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1299
• Pennington 2214

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 97 mm × width 148 mm

What

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

Acquisition

purchase 1920

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. IV, p. 310, cat.nr. 1297
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 338, cat.nr. 2214