6/30
Medium
etching
Dimensions
95; 77; 55; 115
About this artwork
De keizer zit op zijn troon, de Dood staat achter hem. Zesde prent uit een reeks van 30 dodendansprenten; met een omlijsting met Minerva en Hercules.
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...