WENCESLAUS HOLLAR
1607 Prague – 1677 London
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Jesus, St John the Baptist and Cherubs - 1646
 
Etching after Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652). Size of sheet: 13.4 x 21.2 cm. From the series “Paedopaegnion: siue puerorum. ludentium schemata varia” after designs by Pieter van Avont. With thread margins all around. Signed in plate Petrus van Avont inu/ W. Hollar fecit.
 
New Hollstein (Hollar Part III) 854; Parthey, 1853 (495); Pennington 1982 (495).
 
Provenance: Unidentified collector’s mark. 
 
Nice impression with thread margins. Lower right corner repair. 
 
£750.-