Beurs van Londen
Medium
etching
Dimensions
396; 293
About this artwork
height 293 mm x width 396 mm
Art Historical Context
**Beurs van LondenView of the Royal Exchange, London)** *Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644, etching, 293 × 396 mm* Created in 1644 by the Bohemian etcher Wenceslaus Hollar,Beurs van Londen—Dutch for "London Exchange"—captures a panoramic view of London's Royal Exchange, a bustling hub of commerce designed by Sir Thomas Gresham in 1566. Hollar, who arrived in England in 1636 amid political turmoil, documented the city's architecture with remarkable precision during the English Civil War era. This etching preserves the Exchange's elegant courtyard and arcaded facade just decades before the Great Fire o...
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar · 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...