Wenceslaus Hollar
Muscarum Scarabeorum

CultureBohemian
Titles
  • Muscarum Scarabeorum
Date1646
MediumTwelve etchings
Dimensionseach sheet approx.: 3 1/4 × 4 5/8 inches (8.23 × 11.75 cm)
mat: 15 3/8 × 21 3/8 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.4.1-.6
Non exposé

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Provenance[Christopher Mendez, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.
Exhibition History"Still Life Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, January 5–March 9, 2008.

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