The Angelic Guide
A young angel carrying a crowned cross in his right.hand leads by the other hand a small boy who carries in his left hand a coiled snake and a dove. Two castles can be seen in the middle and far distant hilly landscape. Created to the adorn title page of "The Guide of Infant-Devotion," (ca. 1654).
Artwork Details
- Title: The Angelic Guide
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: ca. 1654
- Medium: Etching; third state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 5 5/16 in. (12 × 13.5 cm)
cut on or just within the platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.1.28
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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