Drie reigers, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Francis Barlow, 1654 - 1662

Title(s)

Drie reigers
Diversae avium species (series title)
Verschillende vogels (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.631

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1660-1(2)
• Pennington 2138-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Drie reigers aan de waterkant. De reiger op de voorgrond houdt een kikker tussen de snavel.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Francis Barlow (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: London
after design by: England

Dating

1654 - 1662

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 140 mm × width 192 mm

What

• shore-birds and wading-birds: heron

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. VI, p. 40, cat.nr. 1660
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 332, cat.nr. 2138