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Wenceslaus Hollar

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Etching of Cupid embracing a swan with spread wings, standing on a shadowed ground line.

Cupid and the swan

1652

Etching of a winged sphinx with a woman's face and fruit basket on its head, after Giulio Romano, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Sphinx with Two Bodies

1652

Etching of a she-wolf nursing two naked infants beside a rock, after a design by Giulio Romano, 1652.

Romulus and Remus

1652

Etching of Cupid, a winged child with curly hair, riding a walking lion with a thick curled mane.

Cupid on a lion

1652

Donkey

1649

Engraving of Juno seated on a throne in a classical arcaded hall, holding a scepter, with figures moving around her.

Realm of Juno

1646

Etching of a crowded scholar's study with readers, a globe, a painter at an easel, and an owl in the foreground.

Realm of Pallas

1646

Etching of Jesus served by angels beside a stone table in a wooded landscape, with winged figures and cherubs above.

Jesus served by angels

1652

Two deformed heads

1645-50

Two deformed heads facing each other

1645

Etching of a dancing nymph with tambourine, satyrs gathered under trees at left, and a lone satyr walking at right.

Five satyrs and two nymphs

1650

Etching of a dim interior: an old woman with a bowl by the fireplace, two men seated at a table, and a dog near the fire.

The satyr and the peasant

1644

Five Heads

1644-52

Three children's heads

1645

Head of young man with long hair in profile to the left

1644-52

Etching of Westminster Hall with Gothic facade, carriages and pedestrians in a square, a domed fountain and a tall clock towe

Sala Regalis cum Curia West-monasterÿ, vulgo Westminster haal (Westminster Hall)

1647

Medallions with portraits of Sebald Beham and Anna Beham

1647

Etching of a river bank with a wooden toll house, trees, and a small boat with figures beside the water.

Strasbourg: The Toll House

1625-77

Etched panoramic view of the city of Kampen with church towers, windmills, a river, boats, and a gallows in the foreground.

Kampen

1642-44

Etching of sailing boats on choppy water in front of a row of low buildings and walls along a distant shore.

Lillo

1642-44

Etching of a fortress shoreline, a sailing boat on choppy water, and a distant city skyline with a church spire.

Fort of St. Philip on the Shantz

1642-44

Etched panoramic view of Strasbourg with fortified walls, towers, a church spire and a fisherman on the riverbank.

Strasbourg

1642-44

Etching of Rüdesheim on the Rhine with a moored sailing boat in the foreground and town towers along the bank.

Rüdesheim

1642-44

Etching of a castle on a riverbank with a crowded boat in the foreground and a distant town on the left.

Kelsterbach Castle near Höchst am Main

1642-44

Etched panoramic view of the riverside town of Bonn with a windmill, tower buildings, and sailboats on the river.

Bonn

1642-1644

Etching of sailing boats on a river with a fortified town and windmill on the far bank, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Schenkenschanz

1642-44

Etching of the castle and town of Ruhrort along a river, with a moored two-masted sailing boat in the foreground.

Ruhrort

1642-44

Etching of sailing boats on a river with the town of Emmerich and its church spire along the right bank.

Emmerich

1642-44

Etching of Rüsselsheim town along a riverbank, with a sailing boat and a rowing boat on the water.

Rüsselsheim

1642-44

Etching of Windsor Castle's towers and walls across a field, with a large tree at left and a carriage with riders below.

Windsor Castle

1644

Etched view of London across the Thames, with rowing boats in the foreground, city rooftops, church spires and a bridge.

London Viewed from the Milford Stairs

1643-44

Etching of Tothill Fields with walkers, grazing animals, a pavilion, and distant churches labeled St Peter in Westminster and

Tootehill fields (Tothill Fields, London)

1643-44