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Title plate: P.164-1943

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Title plate
Diversae Insectorum

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus (Attributed)

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Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943)

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1647

School or Style

Bohemian

Components of the work

Paper Height 12.8 cm Width 19.4 cm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.164-1943
Primary reference Number: 207558
New Hollstein (German): 1265
Pennington: 2176

Audit data

Created: Monday 11 January 2016 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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