Latona, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Adam Elsheimer, 1649

Title(s)

Latona

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.224

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1029
• Pennington 272

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Latona met haar tweeling Apollo en Diana.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Adam Elsheimer (mentioned on object)
• Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• Hendrik van der Borcht (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1649

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 173 mm × width 237 mm

What

• Latona (Leto)
• birth of Apollo: Latona gives birth to Apollo and Diana on the island of Delos (+ variant)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. IV, p. 48, cat.nr. 1029
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 37, cat.nr. 272