Portret van een man met baard
Medium
etching
Dimensions
75; 108
About this artwork
height 108 mm x width 75 mm
Art Historical Context
Wenceslaus Hollar's *Portret van een man baard* (Portrait of a Man with a Beard), etched in 1647, the essence of 17th-century portraiture a compact format—measuring just 108 mm high by 75 mm wide. Hollar, a Bohemian artist renowned for his meticulous etchings, produced this intimate work during a tumultuous period. Having fled religious strife in his homeland, he traveled extensively across Europe before settling in Antwerp around this time, where he honed his skills amid the vibrant printmaking scene of the Dutch Golden Age influences. As an etching, the piece exemplifies Hollar's mastery of...
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...