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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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A moth, three butterflies and two beetles
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Title: A moth, three butterflies and two beetles
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 three
Dimensions:
Plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (8 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 3/16 in. (9 × 13.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.72.118
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