Jug with wide spout
Medium
Etching; only state
Dimensions
Plate: 6 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (17.6 × 15.6 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 6 1/4 in. (17.9 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.2151
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, *Jug with Wide Spout*, captures the elegant form of a 17th-century vessel through the masterful hand of Wenceslaus Hol, a Bohemian-born artist renowned for his intricate reproductive prints. Created in 1645—the sole state of this plate—Hollar likely drew inspiration from the designs of Hans Holbein the, the celebrated Tudor-era painter whose ornamental motifs influenced generations. Measuring just under 7 inches across, the print exemplifies Hollar's time in England, where he documented everything from architecture to everyday objects with astonishing precision. Etching...
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger · 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...