Still-life with a group of muffs, a pair of gloves, fans, mask and two kerchiefs
Medium
Etching, only state
Dimensions
image: 4 3/16 x 8 in. (10.6 x 20.2 cm) cut on the platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Van Horne Norrie, 1917
Accession Number
17.34.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the intricate etching *Still-life with a Group of Muffs, a Pair of Gloves,, Mask and Two Kerchiefs* (1647), Wenceslaus Hollar captures a delightful array of 17th-century fashion accessories with his signature precision. Created as a single-state print—meaning no later editions altered it—this 4 3/16 x 8-inch image showcases muffs, gloves, fans, a mask, and kerchiefs arranged in a harmonious still life. Hollar, a Bohemian artist exiled to England amid religious turmoil, was renowned for his meticulous etchings that rendered textures like soft fur, delicate lace, and shimmering fabrics with a...
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...