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Sleeping figure of Diana the huntress

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Etcher Paulus Pontius Flemish
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
1644–52
Not on view
Landscape with Diana sleeping at the foot of a tree, a quiver in lower right; after Peeter van Avont

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sleeping figure of Diana the huntress
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Etcher: Paulus Pontius (Flemish, Antwerp 1603–1658 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
  • Date: 1644–52
  • Medium: Etching and engraving by Paulus Pontius; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 3/8 in. (14.5 × 21.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.1404
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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