Vijf cherubijnen op een wolk, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Pieter van Avont, 1646

Title(s)

Vijf cherubijnen op een wolk
Paedopaegnion (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.232

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 850-1(2)
• Pennington 504-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 125 mm × width 207 mm

What

• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• children's games and plays (+ variant)
• clouds

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 128, cat.nr. 850
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 78, cat.nr. 504