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[One of] 12 "Muscarum scarabe" Butterflies
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Dragonflies and a bumblebee
[One of] 12 "Muscarum scarabe" Butterflies
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
1646
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.4 × 12.2 cm (3 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number29.1927.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Parthey 2169 (6); Pennington 2169 i/iii; New Hollstein 918 I/III
Provenance1929, sold by Kennedy and Company, New York to the MFA for $40.80 [see note]. (Accession Date: August 1, 1929)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 29.1927.1-.12 were purchased for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 29.1927.1-.12 were purchased for this amount.