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Dead Hare

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1649

Artist:

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
after Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622-1674)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Title

Dead Hare

Place

Bohemia (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1649

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto lower right, in plate, below image: “Peeter Boel pinxit, W Hollar fecit, 1649.”

Dimensions

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 26.9 × 19.1 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1924.1048

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