Portret van Daniel Barbaro
1649 - 1651
Medium
etching
Dimensions
192; 256
About this artwork
Portret van de Italiaanse theoloog Daniel Barbaro.
Art Historical Context
Wenceslaus Hollar's *Portret van Daniel Barbaro* (1649–1651) is a finely etched portrait capturing the likeness of the 16th-century Italian theologian and scholar Daniele Barbaro. A Venetian polymath, Barbaro was renowned for his translations of Vitruvius and contributions to Renaissance architecture and humanism, making him a pivotal figure in intellectual circles. Hollar, a masterful Bohemian etcher who fled religious strife to work in England, created this image over a century after Barbaro's death in 1570, likely as a tribute to enduring scholarly legacy during the turbulent mid-17th centu...
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...