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Wenceslaus Hollar

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Engraved portrait of John Booker holding a book, with an armillary sphere, quadrant and celestial medallion beside him.

John Booker. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after Hollar

Etching of Adam and Eve beside a fruit tree in Eden, with animals around them and a Latin inscription below.

The Garden of Eden

1651

Etching of Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel while a skeleton with a spear drives them forward.

Expulsion from Paradise

1651

Etching of Adam ploughing a field as a skeleton of Death holds the plough, with Eve and an infant behind him.

Adam Ploughing

1651

Etching of a seated pope receiving a crown as skeletal Death figures stand among mitred clergy beneath a canopy.

The Pope and Death

1651

Etching of a seated crowned ruler with a skeleton Death behind him, courtiers and a kneeling figure nearby.

The Emperor and Death

1651

Etching of Death, a skeleton, approaching a crowned empress in an ornate gown beside other women before a decorated building.

The Empress and Death

1651

Etching of a crowned queen and noblewoman confronted by a skeleton Death holding an hourglass, before arches.

The Queen and Death

1651

Etching of a cardinal reading a book while Death stands behind him, with a young man leaning on a staff and vines framing the

The Cardinal and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton walking beside a bishop with a crosier, sheep and an hourglass at their feet, with a rising sun behind.

The Bishop and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton walking beside a bearded nobleman in a plumed hat, with a fallen crown and a Latin inscription below.

The Count and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton Death grasping the robe of a startled robed abbot beside a tree, with an hourglass on the ground.

The Abbott and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton Death figure grasping a richly dressed man's arm on a city street, with onlookers and a Latin caption b

The Advocate and Death

1651

Etching of a richly dressed couple beside a dancing skeleton with a drum and an hourglass on the floor.

The Bridal Pair and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton touching a bride in an elegant gown beside an hourglass and a chest, while an attendant helps her dress

The Bride and Death

1651

Etching of Death smothering a merchant seated on bales and barrels, with ships on the sea behind and an hourglass below.

The Merchant and Death

1651

Etching of Death embracing a startled peddler carrying a heavy pack basket, with a dog and distant cross in the landscape.

The Peddlar and Death

1651

Etching of a skeleton holding coins while a startled rich man raises his arms beside a table piled with treasure.

The Rich Man and Death

1651

Engraving of a seated older man surrounded by a crowd, with a woman and child at left and a reclining figure below.

Seleucus and His Son

1637

Etching of a skeleton Death figure gripping a nobleman's arm as courtiers and a child watch beside a stone building.

The Duke and Death

1651

Engraved print of an ornate chalice with a narrative relief band, figures in niches on the stem, and a star-shaped foot.

The Great Chalice Adorned with Figures

1640

Engraving of a crowded parliamentary hall with tiered galleries, a central dais and a lettered key of participants below.

Westminster Hall, Interior, with The Trial of the Earl of Strafford

1641

Etching of a crowd watching an execution on a scaffold on Tower Hill, with the Tower of London behind them.

Execution of the Earl of Strafford

1641

Etched view of Whitehall palace from the River Thames, with rowing boats and barges on the water in front.

Views of London: Whitehall from the River

1600s

Etching of a bustling London piazza with a columned church, carriages, riders and pedestrians in 1660s dress.

Views of London: The Piazza in Covent Garden

1660s

Etching of Westminster Hall and New Palace Yard with carriages, pedestrians, a fountain, and a tall clock tower.

Views of London: New Palace Yard with Westminster Hall, and the Clock House

1647

Engraving of a woman in a satin gown with fur muff and pearl necklace, standing on two stone steps.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman on…

1639

Engraving of a standing woman in a silk gown with lace cuffs, holding a bouquet of flowers.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1638

Engraving of a standing woman in a long gown with lace collar and cuffs, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1639

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1639

Etching of a veiled English woman in a long dark gown and white collar, holding a fur muff, standing on a ground line.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Veiled Woman

1640

Engraving of a woman from behind in a wide-brimmed hat, lace collar and draped cloak, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

Engraving of a standing woman in a wide hat, pleated ruff, dark gown and fur muff, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

Etching of a standing woman in a wide-brimmed hat, ruff collar, ribboned bodice and dark cloak, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

Engraving of a standing woman in a wide dark hat, lace collar and long gown, holding a dark muff, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

c, 1640

Engraving of a standing woman in a dark gown, white collar and cap, holding a folded handkerchief.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1639

Engraving of a standing woman in a dark cloak, pale gown, lace collar and white headdress, signed Hollar 1640.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

Etching of a standing English woman in a long gown, lace collar and cap, holding gloves.

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman wit…

1640

Etching of a leopard standing among labeled flowers, plants, and insects, signed by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662.

Animals and Plants: Leopard with Plants and Insects

1662

Etching of Antwerp Cathedral's tall gothic tower and facade with a crowded square, carriage, and townhouses below.

Antwerp Cathedral

1649

Portrait of Pietro Aretino

1649

Engraving of a woman with a lace veil and fan beside a table with gloves and melons, with a window view of a distant town.

The Four Seasons

1641

Engraving of a woman with a fan and veil beside a window, with melons and gloves on a table, 1641.

The Four Seasons: Summer

1641

Engraving of a woman in a dark hood beside a platter of grapes and pears, representing Autumn, with verses below.

The Four Seasons: Autumn

1641

Engraving of a woman in a hood and fur-trimmed cloak with a fur muff beside her, representing winter.

The Four Seasons: Winter

1641

Engraving of a curly-haired young woman with a fur muff beside a vase of spring flowers and tulips, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 164

The Four Seasons: Spring

1641

Etching of a young Bacchus riding a leopard, led by a horn-blowing satyr, with putti carrying grapes in a landscape.

Young Bacchus Riding a Leopard Led By a Satyr Blowing a Horn

1647

Etched oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a scene of liquid poured before a crowd, a sun, and a winged trumpeter.

Biagio di Manfrè, who regurgitated water transformed into other liquids, aged 72. Etching by W. Hollar

Etched title page with a cartouche flanked by costumed figures, above a panoramic view of Prague along a river.

Title Page

1635

Etched print of a riverside view of Nuremberg with a stone arched bridge, timber houses and church spires.

Nuremberg

1635

Etched view of Augsburg with a grassy mound, curved embankment, walkers, and church towers with onion domes under clouds.

Augsburg

1635

Etching of two men with staffs overlooking a river plain toward a hilltop castle labeled Wurttemberg under clouds.

On the Neckar

1635

Etching of a brick toll house behind a palisade on a riverbank, with a rowing boat and a distant bridge.

Strasbourg: The Toll House

1635

Etched landscape of a stone tower, farm buildings and trees, with a distant village spire on the right under an open sky.

Strasbourg

1635

Etching of Speyer on a river bank with a large cathedral, a water wheel, boat masts, and a willow tree on the right.

Speyer

1635

Etching of a flat landscape with rocks, fields and trees, with a distant town skyline and church towers under cumulus clouds.

Hanau

1635

Etching of a Frankfurt town square with gabled houses, a fountain, a large tree, and small figures under clouds.

Frankfort

1635

Etching of a riverside town with a tall round tower, city walls, and a sailboat on calm water.

Rudesheim

1635

Etched view of the walled town of Coblentz on the Rhine, with a hilltop castle above and boats on the river.

Coblentz

1635

Etching of the Drachenfels hill with castle ruins above the Rhine, a sailboat in front, and the town of Bonn at left.

Drachenfels

1635

Etching of Cologne's skyline with a windmill, church towers, horses on a road and clouds above, labeled Colln and Duetz.

Cologne

1635

Etching of a castle and town wall beside a moat, with two travelers on a road and trees under a cloudy sky.

Duren

1635

Etching of the town of Wesel with a church tower, windmill, city wall and millstones in the foreground under clouds.

Wesel

1635

Etching of sailing ships moored at a wooden jetty beside brick buildings and trees, titled Delfshaven.

Delfshaven

1635

Etching of two sailing ships and a small boat battling rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Sea Scene

1635

Etched landscape of a river with a church spire, trees, a rider on a horse, and a wooden fence in the foreground.

Near Albury

1645

Etching of a large twisting tree in a landscape with walking figures, a river, and a distant church spire.

Albury

1645

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a stone spring house with an arched niche, and small figures on steps and path

The Mineral Spring

1627-1636

Etching of a crowded square before an ornate town hall with a balcony of officials, flags, and gabled houses.

The Peace of Munster

1641

Etched title page with a scrolled cartouche, Latin text, and butterflies, dragonflies and flies around the border.

Title Page

1646

Etching of a large eyespot moth above three butterflies and two small beetles on a pale background.

Moth, Three Butterflies, and Two Beetles

1646

Etching of dragonflies, a bumble-bee, a butterfly and a moth-like insect arranged across a pale sheet.

Dragonflies, a Bumble-Bee, and a Butterfly

1646

Etched title page with Cupid shooting arrows above Latin text, over a still life of fur muff, gloves and toiletries.

Aula Veneris: Title Page

1644

Etching of a standing noblewoman in a fur hat, lace collar and fur-lined cloak, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649.

Nobilis Mulier Bohemica

1649

Etching of a standing woman in Bohemian peasant costume with a tall headdress, veil, and fur-trimmed dark cloak.

Rustica Bohemica

1643

Mercatoris Pragensis Vxor

1642

Mulier Pragensis

1643

Etching of a standing woman in a fur cloak and lace collar, a burgher's daughter of Prague, by Hollar, 1643.

Ciuis Pragensis Filia

1643

Etched full-length portrait of a woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and lace ruff, standing before a plain background.

Mulier Austriae Superioris

1643

Etching of a standing woman in a fur hat, lace collar and fur-trimmed cloak holding a fur muff.

Mulier Generosa Viennensis Austri

1642

Mulier Wiennensis Austri

1643

Mulier Wiennensis in Domo

1649

Engraving of a standing woman in a bonnet, dark bodice, lace collar and white skirt, hands clasped, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 164

Mulier Westphalica ex Archiep Monasteri

1643

Etching of a standing woman in 1640s dress with fur hat, ruffled collar and peplum jacket, titled Mulier Franconiensis.

Mulier Franconiensis

1643

Ciuis Norimbergensis Vxor

1643

Mercatoris Norimbergensis Vxor

1643

Mulier Augustae Vindelicorum

1644-1650

Mulier Augustana

1643

Mulier Svevica vel Augustana

1643

Mulier Svevica Inferioris Conditionis

1642

Mulier ex Ducatu Wirttembergensi

1643

Etching of a standing woman in a dark hooded cloak, fur cuffs and a pleated skirt, labelled Cives Hollandica, 1643.

Cives Hollandica

1643

Etching of a standing woman in Dutch merchant's dress with a large ruff collar, lace sleeves and a woven bag, by Wenceslaus H

Mercatoris Hollandici Vxor

1644