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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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A moth, three butterflies and two beetles; large moth with outspread wings above, buttefly with outspread wings flanked by two butterflies in profile below, two small beetles on left and right between them.
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Title: A Moth, Three Butterflies and Two Beetles
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:
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (7.9 × 12 cm)
cut c. 2 mm within the platemark in height
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.295
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