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  • Title: Fireworks at Hemissem
  • Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
  • Date Created: ca. 1650-1651
  • Subject Keywords: fireworks (visual works), night scenes
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate: “4 Bene ominatum diei solennitatem nocturna faces ignesque votiuj coronant, quibus accedit reliquus multiplex apparatus, ad exhilarandos tum E. E. D. D., tum spectantium omnium animos.” Inscribed in pencil on verso: “P. 566 - Count de la Tour / fireworks in Hemmisse.”
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2005
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: Crowned shield with fleur-de-lys mentioned in dealer invoice but not readily visible
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Dimensions: 1677
  • Bibliography: Pennington no. 566; Parthey no. 566
  • Associated People: Created by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
  • Accession Number: 2005.3.1

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