G1875: The Beggar

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1875

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jacques d'Arthois, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1613 - 1686)
Published by Peeter van Avont, Flemish (1600-1652)

Title

The Beggar

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Landscapes after Jacques d'Arthois

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1649

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273840

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened and stained

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 15.5 × 21.2 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, bottom margin, left, centered, and right: Iac. van Artois pinxit, / W. Hollar fecit, 1649. / P. van Avont exc:
• inscription: lower margin, to right of center, graphite: P. No. 1211 [corrected from 1210]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1875

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 999, Pennington 1211

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1875

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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