De vier seizoenen
Medium
etching
Dimensions
265; 184
About this artwork
Staande vrouw met tulpen in haar hand als personificatie van de Lente. Op de achtergrond een gezicht op Tart Hall in het Saint James's Park (Londen), bewoond door Lady Arundel.
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...