Jacht, jachthonden en wild

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

Behold *Jacht, jachthonden en wild* (Hunt, Hunting Dogs and Game), a delicate etching by the masterful Bohemian artist Wences Hollar, created between 1646 and 1647. Hollar, a prolific 17th-century printmaker who spent much of his career in England under royal patronage, produced this work during his exile in Antwerp amid the turmoil of the English Civil War The title evokes a lively hunting scene, capturing dogs in pursuit of game—a popular motif in Baroque-era art symbolizing nobility, the thrill of the chase, and humanity's harmony with nature. Measuring just 136 mm high by 198 mm wide, thi...

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...