The daughters of Aglaura (Mercury and Herse)
Wenceslaus Hollar|Adam Elsheimer
ca. 1646
Medium
Etching, only state
Dimensions
Plate: 3 7/16 x 4 1/16 in. (8.7 x 10.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Van Horne Norrie, 1917
Accession Number
17.34.6
Tags
DogsWomen
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Adam Elsheimer · 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...