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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of winged putti among clouds with parrots and songbirds in a tree and an eagle flying above.

Air

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of nude putti gathering fruit under a tree, with a distant rural landscape and workers in the fields.

Earth

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646-47

Etching of eleven putti riding and leading three goats, one child playing a drum, against a wooded landscape.

Eleven boys and three goats

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646-54

Etching of seven nude putti under a large tree, one raising a wine cup, others playing flute and tambourine, with dancing fig

Seven boys

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646-54

Etching of nine nude putti in a wooded landscape, one crowned with leaves, others playing pipe, drum and cymbal.

Nine Small Boys

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646-54

Etching of three leather quivers holding arrows beside a hunting horn with tassels, a fur pouch and a cup.

Quivers and hunting horns

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching of bows, arrows, a spear and an ornamented shield piled together on a surface, with drapery.

Bows, quivers and a spear

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Etching study of nine sheep in varied poses, some lying down and some standing, with dense woolly fleece rendered in fine hat

Nine Sheep

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etched title page with two putti holding fruit garlands around a Latin dedication cartouche and coat of arms.

Paedopaegnion

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a village scene with a tavern, seated peasants, barrels, and a pig on a dirt road beside a tall tower.

Ver (Spring)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of peasants resting outside a farmhouse in summer, with a nursing mother, a pig, and a distant village church.

Summer (Aestas)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of villagers drinking outdoors beside a farmhouse and barrels, with a church spire and livestock in the distant lands

Autumn (Autumness)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of a brawling crowd beside a brick house with barrels, bare trees, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Winter (Hymens)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Etching of townspeople skating and walking on a frozen river beside a brick tower and bare trees in winter.

January (Ianuarius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a sailing boat in rough waves before a walled harbor town, with wind-blown trees and figures on the shore.

February (Februarius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a bare-treed winter landscape with a plowing farmer, cottages, a cart on a road, and a distant church tower.

March (Martius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a rural April landscape with thatched farmhouses, a church steeple, horse riders, and grazing cattle.

April (Aprills)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a riverside village with a tower, houses, a rowing boat, and costumed figures walking on a road in the foreground.

May (Maius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of shepherds and cattle in a village landscape with a bridge, windmill and farmhouses, with Latin text below.

June (Junius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a rural July landscape with haymakers, a river, a church spire, a windmill and a large tree.

July (Iulius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a Gothic church and harvest workers in a field, with rolling hills and a Latin inscription below.

August (Augustus)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a riverside village in September with a stone bridge, a laden rowing boat, workers unloading goods and cottages.

September

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a castle on a rock above a river, with grape pickers filling barrels in the foreground and boats on the water.

October

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

Etching of a village street in November with bare trees, sheep, a pig, figures at a doorway, and moored boats on a river.

November

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

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

December

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29

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

Four cherubs carrying a cross

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640-52

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

Concert of cherubs on Earth

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646