Portret van Lucas de Wael en Cornelis de Wael
Wenceslaus Hollar
1646 - 1670
Medium
etching
Dimensions
228; 299
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 299 mm x breedte 228 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...