Dead mole

1646

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; only state although with the slipt strokes that are not present in the earliest impressions.
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (6.8 × 13.6 cm) cut outside the image but within the platemark
Collection no.: 20.81.3.349
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Dead mole — Wenceslaus Hollar. 1646.

Medium: Etching; only state although with the slipt strokes that are not present in the earliest impressions.. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 5 3/8 in. (6.8 × 13.6 cm) cut outside the image but within the platemark.

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1920.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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