Five Butterflies, a Moth, a Beetle, and a Spider

Provenance

Count Giuseppe Archinto [1783-1861], Milan (Lugt 52); Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727); Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt [c.1840-1914], Berlin (Lugt 2926); (C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 637); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Five Butterflies, a Moth, a Beetle, and a Spider

Hollar, Wenceslaus

1646

Accession Number

1943.3.4949

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 8.1 × 12 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.) | sheet: 8.3 × 12.2 cm (3 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection