M776: The Nun and Death
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M776
- People
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
After Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Flemish ('s-Hertogenbosch 1596 - 1675 Antwerp)
- Title
- The Nun and Death
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Dance of Death (Mortalium nobilitas, first edition)
Alternate Title: Nun - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1651
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/255352
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink from two plates on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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sheet: 11.3 × 9 cm (4 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
central plate: 7.5 × 5.5 cm (2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate below central image: Est via quæ videtur homini iusta: nouisi= / =ma antem eius deducunt homine ad mortem. / Prov; 4.
- collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession atamp (Lugt 4835)] 776
- inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 19 / 247
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iv
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 1141, Pennington 247
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. A. White
- Accession Year
- 1917
- Object Number
- M776
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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