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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Lucas Cranach the Elder German
After Lucas Cranach the Younger German
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A wild boar stands on a hill in profile to right, his right foreleg lifted; a herd of wild pigs is visble in the background at right in a field on the edge of a forest.
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Title: Boar
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar)
Artist:
After Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, Wittenberg 1515–1586 Wittenberg)
Date: 1644–52
Medium: Etching and engraving; only state
Dimensions:
Plate: 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (9.5 × 13 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (10.4 × 13.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.309
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