Title, Muscarum Scarabeorum

1646
Not on view
Title in oval within ornamental cartouche surrounded by insects; landscape seen in distance below and butterflies and dragonflies flying in the background.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Title, Muscarum Scarabeorum
  • Series/Portfolio: Butterflies and Insects, Muscarum Scarabeorum: Set of twelve plates (New Hollstein 913-924)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.2 × 12 cm)
    cut outside the borderline but c. 2 mm within platemark at top and bottom
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.294
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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