Self-Portrait

Wenceslaus Hollar, Joannes Meyssensca. 1644-1650 (possibly 1649)

Details

Title: Self-Portrait
Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar after Johannes Meyssens
Date Created: ca. 1644-1650 (possibly 1649)
Subject Keywords: artist portraits, male portraits, portraits, printmaker portraits, self-portraits
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in brown ink on verso: “D 708.”
Print State: Second of two states
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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1940
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: 1677
Bibliography: Parthey 1419; MAG E 126; Pennington second of five states?
Associated People: Created by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677), After Johannes Meyssens (Dutch (Flemish), 1612-1670)
Accession Number: 1940.D1.135

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