De keizerin en de Dood
Wenceslaus Hollar
ca. 1680
Medium
etching
Dimensions
75; 55
About this artwork
De keizerin, vergezeld door hofdames, staat samen met de Dood aan de rand van een graf.
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...