PrintsBritish17th century

Jay Perched on a Twig

1646

Artists

Wenceslaus HollarArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

British

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 9.2 × 10.3 cm (3 5/8 × 4 1/16 in.) sheet: 10.6 × 12 cm (4 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Sir John St. Aubyn (Lugt 1534). Alfred Morrison (Lugt 151). Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

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