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Five grotesque heads, including an elderly man with an oak leaf wreath

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Leonardo da Vinci Italian
1646
Not on view
Five grotesque heads, including an elderly man with an oak leaf wreath, after Leonardo da Vinci.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Five grotesque heads, including an elderly man with an oak leaf wreath
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
  • Subject: Relates to collection of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (British, 1585–1646) and Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel (British, ca. 1590–1654), m. 1606
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (18.9 × 16.2 cm)
    cut within platemark and into image on all sides
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.18-204
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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