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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
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Four young boys carrying on their shoulders a fifth, crowned with a wreath of grapes, and a sixth approaching from right, playing a recorder.
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Title: Six Boys
Series/Portfolio: Putti and Satyrs (New Hollstein 932-939)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
Date: 1647
Medium: Etching, only state
Dimensions:
Plate: 5 7/16 × 8 1/8 in. (13.8 × 20.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (14.2 × 21 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.316
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