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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,354 works

Etched print of a standing woman in a rich silk gown with lace collar and sleeves, curled hair, and pearl necklace.

Figure of a Lady Standing

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Engraving of a seated nude Diana with a spear, three hounds, a hunting horn on a tree, and a landscape behind.

Seated figure of Diana the Huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Woman with circular ruff, bonnet and hair-pin, in profile to right

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etched portrait of a man with long curly hair and a white collar in a dark cloak, gesturing with one raised hand.

Stefano della Bella

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Engraved equestrian portrait of a armored rider on a rearing horse, with a battle map below and a coat of arms above.

Earl of Essex on Horseback

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a wide hat and fur-trimmed coat, with scrolls, inkwell and books beside him.

William Dugdale (Gulielmus Dugdale) (from "The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated," London, 1656)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656

Engraved portrait of a man with long hair and lace collar holding an etched plate, with tools and a city skyline behind him.

Weceslaus Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Engraved portrait of William Fenner in a dark gown and white collar, holding a book, within an ornate arch with a church behi

William Fenner, Rector of Rochford (from The Works of W. Fenner B. of Divinity," London, 1657)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe and white collar, holding a small book at a stone ledge.

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

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a knit cap and buttoned coat, with a Latin inscription naming Inigo Jones.

Inigo Jones (from Inigo Jones's "The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1655

Etched portrait of a bearded bishop seated in a wooden chair, wearing a biretta and cape, with Latin inscription below.

Bishop Jan van Malderus (Malderen)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Pietro Aretino

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a loose robe beside a draped curtain, labelled Raphael D Urbin.

Raphael

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Engraved title page showing a large ship burning with smoke and flames on the sea, with a small sailing ship at left.

Title page: The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1667

Engraved title page with a vignette of a gothic cathedral burning, smoke rising, and a Latin banner above.

Title Page: The Causes of Decay of Christian Piety, with vignette of St. Paul's Burning, (Lex ignea)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1671 or after

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with long hair and lace collar, captioned Philipp Herbert, Earle of Pembroke.

Philipp Herbert, Earl of Pembroke

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Ink drawing of four men in a loose group, two seated in front and two standing behind, rendered in fluid black strokes.

Four Men

Jules Pascin, 1926

Etching of a Gothic chapel interior with vaulted ceilings, tall windows, carved choir stalls and a stone pulpit.

Bray's Chapel in St. George's Chapel, Windsor (from Elias Ashmole's "The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most N…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663

Etching of a stag in three-quarter view with large branching antlers, head turned right, legs slightly raised.

Stag

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Etched sheet of forty-one insects, including moths, butterflies, beetles, a snail, grasshoppers and caterpillars, in black li

Forty-one Insects, including moths and butterflies

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Engraved title page with ten framed figures in national costume around central text, Decapla in Psalmos, 1639.

Title page: Decapla in Psalmos

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1639

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with long wavy hair and white collar, framed by a laurel wreath and Latin inscription.

James, Duke of York

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Oval portrait print of a woman with curled hair and lace collar, with a crown and drapery behind her and handwritten notes be

Catherine, Princess of Portugal

Wenceslaus Hollar, [1661] later reproduction

Etching of a woman in a hood and lace collar holding fruit beside a platter of grapes and fruit, with verses below.

Autumnus - Autumn (Three-quarter-length seasons)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Engraved title page with architectural frame, biblical figures with tablets and incense, and central printed title text.

Diodati. Pious Annotations

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Engraving of a veiled woman with a fan, gloves and melons at a table, with satin curtains and a river view behind her.

Aestas - Summer

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Engraving of a curly-haired young woman with tulips beside a flower vase, with rooftops visible through a window behind her.

Ver - Spring

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Engraving of a woman in a hood and lace collar holding fruit beside a platter of grapes and pears, labeled Autumn.

Autumnus - Autumn

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Engraved portrait of a woman in a bonnet and fur-trimmed gown with a fur muff, with Latin and English verses below.

Hyems - Winter

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Engraved allegory with a seated nobleman, a skeleton, winged figures and a Latin inscription beneath, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Allegory on the Death of the Earl of Arundel

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646