Musicerende cherubijnen, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Pieter van Avont, 1646

Title(s)

Musicerende cherubijnen
Paedopaegnion (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.231

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 851-1(2)
• Pennington 501-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar
• after design by: Pieter van Avont

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 124 mm × width 206 mm

What

• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• angels singing, making music (+ variant)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 128, cat.nr. 851
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 78, cat.nr. 501