Portretten van kunstenaars
Wenceslaus Hollar
1649 - 1670
Medium
etching
Dimensions
160; 114
About this artwork
Proefdruk van prent die deel uit maakt van de negendelige serie "Image de divers hommes desprit sublime".
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...