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[One of] 12 "Muscarum scarabe" Butterflies
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Moth and three butterflies
[One of] 12 "Muscarum scarabe" Butterflies
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.3 × 8.3 cm (4 13/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number29.1927.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Parthey 2166 (3); Pennington 2166 i/iii; New Hollstein 915 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.