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Title: Democritus and Heraclitus
Former Attribution:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
Richard Gaywood (British, ca. 1630–1680 London (?))
Artist:
After Jan Georg (Joris) van Vliet (Dutch, Delft ca. 1610–ca. 1635)
Artist:
After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
Publisher:
John Overton (British, London 1640–1713 London)
Date: 1650–60
Medium: Etching; not by Hollar
Dimensions: Plate: 9 9/16 × 12 5/8 in. (24.3 × 32 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957
Object Number: 57.658.97
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