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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Swallow-tailed butterfly with open wings above on right, next to small butterfly in profile to left; two small butterflies with open wings and butterfly with closed wings looking left on right below.
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Title: Five Butterflies
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 × 11.8 cm)
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (9.2 × 13 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.72.125
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