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Wenceslaus Hollar

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Oval engraved portrait of Charles I in a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar, with a city view behind him.

Charles I.

1649

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and lace collar with a draped cloak, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649.

Portret van Jacob Foppens van Es

1649

Engraved half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls, and a fur-trimmed satin gown beside a draped curtain.

Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

1650

Engraved frontispiece showing two seated men, a bust on a pedestal, a winged angel with a laurel wreath, and scientific instr

Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"

1667

Engraved double portrait of two men, one seated in a chair with a lace collar, one standing behind him, with Latin text below

Lucas and Cornelius van Wael

1646

Young man wearing a hat in profile to left

1646

Etching of a man with a moustache wearing a large turban and an embroidered high-collared coat, shown head and shoulders.

Head and shoulders of a Turkish man, with a moustache and a large turban

1645

Engraved oval portrait of Henrietta Maria with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, inscribed below.

Henrietta Maria

after 1641

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat inside an ornate cartouche with painter's palettes and brushes.

Peter Paul Rubens (Petrus Paulus Rubenius)

1644-52

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and white collar, holding a book, with Latin inscription.

Gulielmus Oughtred Anglus (frontispiece from Oughtred's "The Key of the Mathematicks New Forged and Filed," 1647)

1646

Etching of Antwerp Cathedral's tall gothic tower and facade above a busy square with carriages and pedestrians.

Antwerp Cathedral (Prospectvs Tvrris Ecclesiæ Cathedralis)

1649

Engraved portrait of a young boy with a lace collar, gloved hand on a cane, sword at hip, curtain behind.

Charles II

1649

Etching of a footed jug with scrolled handle, its body covered in interlaced arabesque ornament.

Jug decorated with arabesques

1645

Etching of a covered ewer with a scrolled handle and arabesque foliage decorating its base and lid.

Jug with arabesques on the base

1645

Engraving of an ornate covered goblet with a female figure finial, scrolled bowl, and lion-mask feet.

Ornate goblet on feet of masks

1645

Etching of a woman drinking near wheat and a cart while an old woman with a candle points at a naked child at a doorway.

The Mocking of Ceres

1646

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph leans in and a young John the Baptist reaches toward

The Holy Family

1642

Etching of a seated crowned figure mocked by men in an arched hall with a shell niche and verse below.

The mocking of Christ

1644-52

Title Page, Diversae Effigies

1648

Head of a bald man in profile to left

1644-52

Head and shoulder of a child, in profile to right

1645

Bust of a woman looking downwards towards left with elaborately decorated hair

1648

Male head in profile to left with muscles exposed

1660

Bearded old man

1645

Engraved half-length portrait of a veiled woman with a halo, holding a palm frond and a book.

St. Catherine of Alexandria

1644-52

Engraving of four classical figures around an altar, including a helmeted warrior, nude youths, and a draped woman with a spe

Four classical figures (pagan sacrifice)

1638

Etching of a classical-style bust of a woman with curled hair and a gathered draped garment, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Antique bust of a woman

1645

Etching of the Descent from the Cross with mourners around Christ's body, a ladder and cross behind, under an arched frame.

Descent from the Cross

1640

Etching of two men beside a large tree above a river and wooded hills, with a fallen log in the foreground.

The Temptation of Jesus

1644-52

Etching of a Corinthian colonnade with a checkered floor, figures, and a circular fountain courtyard on the left.

Temple colonnade and courtyard with figures

1644-52

Etching of a draped barefoot figure holding a cup with a serpent beside a tree, with a distant landscape and town.

St. John the Evangelist

1650

Etching of a nude infant asleep under a tree with two birds in the branches above and a rocky outcrop behind.

Infant Hercules asleep

ca. 1639