De voerman en de Dood
Wenceslaus Hollar
ca. 1680
Medium
etching
Dimensions
75; 55
About this artwork
Een voerman heft zijn handen in wanhoop. De Dood heeft een wiel van zijn wagen gestolen en zijn paard is onder de lasten bezweken.
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...