Zalmvisserij
Medium
etching
Dimensions
169; 226
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
De prent maakt deel uit van de twaalfdelige serie: Severall Wayes of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, According to the English Manner, 1671. Vier van de twaalf prenten uit deze serie zijn van Hollar's hand. De resterende acht prenten zijn ongesigneerd en waarschijnlijk door Richard Gaywood (zie NHG(2009)).
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...