ID: 700008628 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008628	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Shell (Murex brandaris) (etching (print); Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607‑1677); ca. 1645; National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States); 1992.17.2; )

Note:

Titles:

Shell (Murex brandaris) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1645

Creator Display:

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607‑1677) [preferred,VP]

draftsman Hollar, Wenceslaus (Bohemian draftsman, etcher, and illustrator, 1607-1677, active in Germany, Flanders, and England) [500028368]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500115983] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1992.17.2

Credit Line: Gift of Edward William Carter and Hannah Locke Carter, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Display Materials: etching on laid paper

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: plate: 9.5 x 13.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Bohemian (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Murex brandaris (species) [300389906]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Mollusca (phylum), Gastropoda (class), Muricidae (family), Bolinus (genus)) (AAT)

	shell (animal material) [300011829]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <animal shell and shell material>) (AAT)

State: New Hollstein, no. 1291, State only

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Shell (Murex brandaris)	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]