Trapganzen en een kaketoe
Medium
etching
Dimensions
132; 184
About this artwork
Trapganzen in een landschap. Rechts vier vogels, waaronder een kaketoe, in een boom.
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...