Passie van Christus
Medium
etching
Dimensions
130; 81
About this artwork
Prent opgenomen in: The Office Of The Holy Week According To The Missall And Roman Breviary. Printed by the Widow Chrestien, 1670, p. 302. Prent tevens opgenomen in latere uitgave: The Compleat Office of the Holy Week. Londen: Matthew Turner, 1687.
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...