Portret van de schilder Adriaan Pietersz. van de Venne
Wenceslaus Hollar
1620 - 1650
Medium
counterproof
Dimensions
149; 114
About this artwork
hoogte 149 mm x breedte 114 mm
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...