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.
Susanna Howard (née Rich), Countess of Suffolk
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28407
Frances Weston (née Stuart), Countess of Portland
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28422
Frances Weston (née Stuart), Countess of Portland
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28423
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28442
Lazarus Colleredo and Baptista Colleredo
possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching and line engraving, mid 17th century
NPG D28521
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28627
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28628
possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D28744
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Johan Danckerts
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D29075
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D29246
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D29248
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D29249
Possibly Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel; possibly Elizabeth, Countess of Arundel and Surrey
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D30518
probably by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D30751
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
after Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, (mid 17th century)
NPG D33245
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D33401
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D33403
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D33404
Possibly Elizabeth, Countess of Arundel and Surrey
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D34115
by Wenceslaus Hollar
line engraving, mid 17th century
NPG D4993
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