Three Leopards and Two Boys

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
1646
Not on view
Three leopards resting under a tree, the one at right touching grapes lying on the ground; two naked boys holding up bunches of grapes, one of them playing with the leopard at center; fields with trees in background.

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Object Information
  • Title: Three Leopards and Two Boys
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching, with unrecorded re-working in the lower right
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/16 × 8 1/16 in. (13.8 × 20.4 cm)
    Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (14 × 20.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.327
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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