Schelp, nautilus pompilius, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644 - 1652

Title(s)

Schelp, nautilus pompilius
Schelpen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.659

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1274-2(2)
• Pennington 2188-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1644 - 1652

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 94 mm × width 143 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. IV, p. 307, cat.nr. 1274
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 337, cat.nr. 2188