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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
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Five cherubs with arms raised seated beside each other on clouds, the first and third from right facing the viewer, the others with their backs turned.
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Title: Three Cherubs and Two Boys 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: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (10.4 × 20.5 cm) trimmed outside the image and just within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.320
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