Oorlogsschepen en een walvis in een zeestorm
Medium
etching
Dimensions
121; 267
About this artwork
De prent maakt deel uit van een vierdelige serie met voorstellingen van zeestormen (ongenummerd).
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...