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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,048 works

Young man wearing a hat in profile to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

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

Henrietta Maria

Wenceslaus Hollar, after 1641

Etching of a horseman on a country road beside tall trees, with a village, church tower and windmill across a river.

The Horseman

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

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)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of women in classical dress carrying flower baskets on a path, with a flying winged figure, a temple, and a dog in th

The Daughters of Aglaura (Mercury and Herse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646

Etched roundel portrait of a woman in a large pleated lace ruff and dark gown, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644.

Woman with circular lace ruff, from "Women's Heads Framed in Roundels"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

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

Ornate goblet on feet of masks

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etching of six ragged beggars with walking sticks standing in a row against a distant landscape, with a dog at left.

Men and women beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of six ragged beggars, women, men and a child, in a row on open ground with a ruin at right.

Six Men and Women Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of a row of ragged beggars in tattered cloaks and hats, several leaning on walking sticks, in an open landscape.

Eight Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of seven ragged beggars in a row, several with crutches, one carrying a banner, against a rural landscape.

Die Bettler Zunfft (The Seven Beggars)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of a woman with a child beside a pond, with peasants crouching at the water and a wooded landscape behind.

Latona and the Lycian peasants

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Etching of a Mechelen street with stepped gable houses, a footbridge, riders on horseback, and a large willow tree.

Mechelen (Mechlin), from "European Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1664

Etching of a walled town on a hill with a tall central tower, round towers, a church, and travelers in the foreground.

Beÿ Brüssels (Brussels), from "European Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1643

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

The mocking of Christ

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraving of a seated judge surrounded by onlookers, with a bound man and grieving family in the foreground and Latin text be

Zaleucus (Seleucus) and his son

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1637

Title Page, Diversae Effigies

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Head of a bald man in profile to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Male head in profile to left with muscles exposed

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1660

Bearded old man

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

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)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1640

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

Realm of Juno

Wenceslaus Hollar, 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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of Saint Lawrence with halo, holding a palm and gridiron, standing before a hilly landscape with trees.

St. Lawrence

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650