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Wenceslaus Hollar

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Etching of a winter town canal with gabled houses, smoking chimneys, a stone bridge, and figures walking on frosty ground.

December

1628-29

Etching of four chubby cherubs carrying a cross inscribed INRI, with winged angel heads among clouds above.

Four cherubs carrying a cross

1640-52

Etching of winged cherubs playing violin, cello, lute, flute and drum in a musical group.

Concert of cherubs on Earth

1646

Three nude cherubs with wings float together, one holding a palm branch, one a rose garland, one raising drapery, in an etchi

Two cherubs dancing with a small boy, not by Hollar

1640-52

Etching of five winged cherubs on clouds, several reaching upward, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Three cherubs and two boys on clouds

1646

Etching of three cherubs and two boys on clouds, each raising one arm holding billowing drapery against a pale background.

Three cherubs and two boys on clouds, each raising one arm

1646

Etching of four winged cherubs and a small boy standing in a row, one embracing another, with drapery and cross-hatched shadi

Four cherubs and a small boy standing

1646

Etching of four naked chubby boys playing with a rearing goat in an open landscape, one riding on its back.

Four small boys and a goat

1647

Etching of six nude putti in a landscape, one wearing a grape wreath, another playing a pipe and tabor at right.

Six Boys

1647

Etching of four nude boys playing with a goat in a landscape, one riding its back, another reclining in the foreground.

Four small boys and a goat (copy in reverse)

17th century (?)

Etching of six nude putti in a landscape, one playing pipe and tabor, another wearing a grape wreath, under clouds.

Six Boys (copy in reverse)

17th century (?)

Etching of a dead deer, several hares and two woodcock birds arranged as a hunting still life on a light background.

Dead deer, hares and game

1647

Etching of a boar, deer and heron lying dead on the ground, rendered in fine hatched linework.

Boar, deer, heron and other game

1647

Etching of five hunting horns with cords, tassels and ribbons arranged in two groups on a light background.

Five hunting horns

1647

Etching of seven hunting horns in three groupings, with coiled tubing, cords, and straps rendered in fine hatched lines.

Seven hunting horns in three groupings

1647

Etched bird's-eye view map of London with dense streets, buildings and churches, labeled London in the upper right.

London before the Great Fire

1666-77

Etching of two bust portraits, Democritus laughing on the left and Heraclitus weeping on the right, with a globe between them

Democritus and Heraclitus

1650-60

Etching of a busy courtyard with horsemen, a carriage, and figures before brick and timber buildings with smoking chimneys.

Arundel House from the North

1646

Etched view of Tangier's walled north side above the sea, with ships at left and walkers on a hill path in the foreground.

Prospect of ye North side of Tangier regarding the mayne Sea from the hill as you come from Whitby or the West, towar…

by 1673

Etching of Tangier's south-east shore with fortress walls, castle towers, anchored sailing ships and distant hills.

South East Corner of Tangier

1669-73

Etched 1670 view of Tangier's city walls, round tower and harbor with boats, two figures watching from the foreground.

Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate

1670

Etched prospect of walled Tangier with a harbor bay, sailing ships, fortified walls, and soldiers on the hills.

Prospect of the Lower Part of Tangier

ca. 1670

Etching of Tangier's rooftops and hilltop castle walls with a flagged tower, horses and figures in the street below.

Prospect of the inner part of Tangier

ca. 1670

Etching of Tangier's rooftops and Yorke Castle on a hill, with a sailing ship on the water and Spain's coast beyond.

The lower inner part of Tangier

1673

Etching of a walled castle with a tower beside a harbor with sailing ships, stone walls and hills in the distance.

The West Side of Yorke Castle

1669

Etched landscape of Henrietta Fort on a hill above the coast, with palisades, numbered features and a ship on the distant oce

Henrietta Fort

ca. 1670

Engraved aerial view of Tongerloo abbey with formal gardens, tree-lined avenues, and flat fields, with heraldic crests above.

Tongerloo (Tungerloa)

1650

An Old Man and a Girl

1635

Etching of pigeons in a farmyard with a fence, nesting basket with eggs, and a round dovecote in the background.

Eight Pigeons (or Doves) in a Farmyard near a Coup, a Dovecote in the Background

1654-58

Etching of several sailing ships battling rough waves under a dark, cloudy sky, with a large vessel at center.

Sea Storms

1665

Etching of three ships tossed by stormy waves under dark clouds, with a large sailing vessel in the foreground.

A yacht and three warships in a storm

1665

Etched view of the Gothic iron screen and carved tomb of Henry VII in a church interior, with heraldic crest and inscription.

Tomb of Henry VII (from Francis Sandford, "Genealogical History of the Kings of England,"1677)

1665