Author: Wenzel Hollar (1606-1677) after Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704)Hollar, Wenzel (1606-1677) after Barlow, Francis (c.1626-1704)
Title: Antique print, etching | Three pheasants [set: Diversae avium species]/Drie fazanten, 1662, p. 1.
Description: From a set of prints presenting birds, here are three pheasants in a landscape. Signed at bottom, to the left: 'F. Barlow delin. W. Hollar fecit'.On verso collectors'marks: Gustav Friedrich Konstantin Parthey (1798-1872) (L. 2014), the famous collector of Hollar; Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924) (L. 654).[NL] Drie fazanten. Etching on laid paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 138 x 207 mm; only state; some rubbing on the surface and tiny tear on the bottom right margin; traces of previous mounting on verso. Pennington 2131.

Keywords: Animals|Genre|Natural History|Old Master Prints