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Title (Dutch ships)
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Navium variae figurae
Title (Dutch ships)
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
1647
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.8 × 24.1 cm (5 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1251.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Parthey 1261 (1); Pennington 1261 ii/v; New Hollstein 956 II/V
DescriptionTitlepage with ship's stern in middle.
With Clement de Jonghe's address
With Clement de Jonghe's address
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: April 11, 2022)
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after Sewall's death.
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after Sewall's death.