Two Views of Arundel House and London and the Thames as seen from the roof of Arundel House in 1646
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in. (29.3 x 22 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.631
Tags
LondonBuildingsRiversCarriages
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith|Richard Sayer · 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...