Bearded man with chain necklace (possibly from, "A Collection of Original Etchings," London, printed by J.M. McCreery, 1816)
Medium
Etching; third state of three (NH); late impression
Dimensions
Plate: 4 1/4 in. × 3 in. (10.8 × 7.6 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 5/16 in. (20.5 × 16.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.17.2-265
Tags
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger · 1607–1677
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was a prolific Bohemian etcher who became one of the most accomplished printmakers of the seventeenth century. Born in Prague, he trained under Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt before entering the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in 1636. Hollar spent most of his career in England, where he produced approximately 2,740 etchings documenting an extraordinary range...