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A Cock, Hen, and Six Chicks in a Farmyard (after Francis Barlow) from 'Diversae Avium Species' by Wenceslaus Hollar
A Cock, Hen, and Six Chicks in a Farmyard (after Francis Barlow) from 'Diversae Avium Species'
Wenceslaus Hollar
Title
A Cock, Hen, and Six Chicks in a Farmyard (after Francis Barlow) from 'Diversae Avium Species'
Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar
1607 - 1677 (biography)Year
1654 -58
Technique
etching
Image Size
5 1/16 x 7 1/2" image
Signature
beneath image: "W. Hollar Sculp"
Edition Size
not applicable
Annotations
engraved below image: "Barlow pinxit"
Reference
British Museum 1997,0928.14.44 and Q,5.557
Paper
antique, antique-white laid
State
Publisher
Diversae Avium Species
Inventory ID
20737
Price
$400.00
Description
This etching of chickens was done by Wenceslaus Hollar between 1654 and 1658. It is etched from a painting by the British painter Francis Balrlow and published in 1658 in "Diversae avium species studiosissime ad vitam delineatae per Fra: Barlow insignissim[um] Anglum pictorem."
The original painting upon which this etching is based (in reverse), is signed and dated "F. Barlow pinxit 1655", and is in the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art.