Henry van Craenhals
Wenzel Hollar (1606-1677), Henry van Craenhals, etching, 1644. Reference: Pennington 1381. Probably first state (of 4). In good condition apart from reinforcement in blank area lower left, trimmed on or just outside of the platemark. On old laid paper with a top of a crown watermark, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches.
A very good impression.
Provenance: the former London Old Master Print firm of Craddock and Barnard, still in their mat, with the Barnard annotations.
G.A. Cardew (with his stamp verso, Lugt 1134)
Leonard Baskin (with his stamp verso)
A previous cataloguer (probably Barnard) has noted in pencil verso that this watermark is exactly the same as that of the impression of this print in the British Museum, but that this impression is more worn. Still, the lightly bitten areas such as the collar show all the detailed lines. According to Pennington even the first state shows some wear and some reworking in the hair. Aside from the numeral “12″ which was added in the second state and taken off in the third, there were no changes in the plate except for re-working; given the watermark, paper, and good detailing we believe this is a first state, but it could be a third or fourth.