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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
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Three cherubs and two boys seated on clouds with arms raised, some holding flowing drapery, the boys third and fifth from left, with their backs turned to the viewer.
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Title: Three cherubs and two boys each raising one arm on clouds
Series/Portfolio: Paedopaegnion (New Hollstein 849-860)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 4 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (10.5 × 20.2 cm) cut c. 22 x 2 mm within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.321
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