Seated figure of Diana the Huntress
Medium
Etching,drypoint and engraving added by Paulus Pontius; third state of four
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (21.9 × 15.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.81.2.172
Tags
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Pieter van Avont|Paulus Potter · 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...