Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77), a printmaker and topographical watercolorist, was brought to London from his native Prague by the Earl of Arundel in 1636 and became the first great etcher to practice in England. Hollar's range of interests was enormous聴from views of London to portraits to ...
Also Known AsWenzel Hollar • Vaclav Hollar BornJuly 23, 1607 •Prague•Czechoslovakia DiedMarch 25, 1677 (aged 69) •London•England Photos See All Images → Related Biographies Georges Rouault French artist Jacques Villon French painter ...
In 1666 Hollar was named 'Scenographus regius' by the king, but the Great Fire thwarted his plans for an enormous map of the city, and instead he produced London before and after the fire (Pennington 1015). In 1668-69 Hollar joined Lord Henry Howard on his expedition to Tangier, ...
The three ages of aerial vision: london's aerial iconography from Wenceslaus Hollar to Google Earth. Lond. J. 35 (3), 289e299.Gilbert, D., 2010. The three ages of aerial vision: London's aerial iconography from Wenceslaus Hollar to Google Earth. The London Journal, 35(3), pp.289-...
London mapsSt. Paul's CathedralPrague viewsThe Folger Shakespeare Library holds more than 2,000 examples of the etchings of the seventeenth-century Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar, who was born in Prague but spent most of his adult life in England. The strengths of the Folger Library's ...
Perspectives on Wenceslaus Hollar. Andrea Bubenik and Anne Thackray, eds. Harvey Miller Studies in Baroque Art. London: Harvey Miller, 2016. 242 pp. €120.doi:10.1017/rqx.2019.285Susan MaxwellCambridge University Press (CUP)
The comprehensive collection of prints by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) donated by Sidney T. Fisher to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library of the University of Toronto ranks alongside the collections in London, Prague and Windsor. Based on the extensive unpublished correspondence be...
While in London during the 1640s Wenceslaus Hollar produced a striking cycle of etchings using contemporary female figures as allegories of the seasons, followed by another series of still lifes depicting fashion accessories, in which fur muffs appear repeatedly. This article focuses on the ...