Vlinders en een wesp, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Title(s)

Vlinders en een wesp
Insecten (series title)
Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.651

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 919-1(3)
• Pennington 2170-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 81 mm × width 120 mm

What

• insects: butterfly
• insects: wasp

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p 197, cat.nr. 919
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 335, cat.nr. 2170