Wenceslaus Hollar
(1607-1677), EtcherSitter associated with 10 portraits
Artist associated with 540 portraits
Hollar left his native Prague in 1627. He spent several years travelling and working in Germany before his patron, the Earl of Arundel brought him to London in 1636. During the civil wars, Hollar fought on the royalist side, after which he spent the years 1644-52 in Antwerp. Hollar's views of London form an important record of the city before the Great Fire of 1666. Among his most ambitious projects was a set of plates of women's costumes, entitled Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus, or, The severall habits of English women from the nobilitie to the country woman (1640). He was prolific and engraved a wide range of subjects, producing nearly 2,800 prints, numerous watercolours and many drawings.
copy by George Perfect Harding, after an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1644
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attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, possibly 17th century
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possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, possibly 17th century
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Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, 17th century
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
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Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
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by Alexander Bannerman, after Wenceslaus Hollar, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, (1627)
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probably by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
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Unknown man, called Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
probably by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, 1630s
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Monument to John Colet in St. Paul's Cathedral
possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar
line engraving, possibly mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid to late 17th century
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Monument to Sir Christopher Hatton
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, probably mid to late 17th century
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The Royal Exchange in London as built by Thomas Gresham
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, probably mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by Peter Stent
etching, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by Peter Stent
etching, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
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The Statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hubert Le Sueur
etching, mid 17th century
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by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
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