Wenceslaus Hollar
1 portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Wenceslaus Hollar
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, 1647
5 1/2 in. x 4 in. (141 mm x 101 mm) plate size; 5 5/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (144 mm x 105 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D18775
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- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Sitter associated with 10 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits.
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- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
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Current affairs
Putney debaters. Civilian Levellers and parliamentary soldiers discuss a new constitution for the country; discussions focus on drafted proposals from both groups with Commissary-General Henry Ireton attempting to moderate the Levellers's radical Agreement of the People.Scots surrender Charles I to Parliament. Imprisoned at various locations, Charles enjoys relative freedom.
Art and science
Mariner, Sir Robert Dudley, publishes his maritime encyclopedia, Dell' Arcano del Mare with illustrations by Antonio Francesco Lucini. Written in Italian, the pioneering work includes cartography by Dudley of the earliest printed sea atlas of the world.Anglo-Dutch portrait painter, Daniel Mytens, Van Dyck's predecessor as court painter, dies.
International
Released from the Tower, George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, is appointed commander of Parliament's forces in eastern Ulster.The Irish Confederate suffer resounding defeats at the battles of Dungan's Hill and Knocknanauss against English Parliamentary forces.
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