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Flying insects: P.172-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Flying insects

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Le Roy, Henri
Publisher: Weyen, Herman
Draughtsman: Hollar, Wenceslaus (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Ambrose Cardew (d.1941) [L.1134]

Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund, 1943

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943)

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1651

Note

Copy after the title plate for Hollar's 'Muscarum Scarabeorum' series, and from a set of six plates. This impression with the decorative cartouche cut.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.172-1943
Primary reference Number: 203146
New Hollstein (German): 913 copy a
Pennington: 2164 copy
Lugt: 1134
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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