G1850: Agamemnon and the Two Ajaxes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1850

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Francis Cleyn, German (1582-1658)

Title

Agamemnon and the Two Ajaxes

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Homer's Iliad (Homer His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd With Sculpture, And Illustrated With Annotations By John Ogilby)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274338

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 30.2 × 20.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 33.4 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, right: F. Cleyn inu. WH[linked]ollar
• inscription: in plate, bottom margin left and right side of an armorial: Honoratiss: Domino Do: / Aurato Comiti Ossery / Tabulam hanc // Thomae Boteler Equiti / Vice comiti Thorls / LˑMˑDˑDˑDˑIˑOˑ Lib: 4. Ver. 300./
• inscription: lower right margin, graphite: P. 288
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1850

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/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 1750, Pennington 288

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1850

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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