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Artists›Wenceslaus Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar

German, 1607–1677

WA-00046437

Prague, Czechia

PrintmakingBaroque

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

361

Works in Collection

363

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ448555

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

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Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/41440
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (361)

English Noblewoman

1673 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 9.2 × 5.5 cm (3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 12.5 × 8.5 cm (4 15/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cape Spartell from the West

1669 · pen and brown ink with watercolor over black chalk on two joined sheets of laid paper

overall: 10.1 x 62.8 cm (4 x 24 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Prospect of Yorke Castle at Tangier, from ye Strand, and the North-West, from "Views of Tangier"

1669 · Etching; first state of two

Sheet: 4 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (12.6 × 21.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Galley

1665 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 12.3 × 27.2 cm (4 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 12.5 × 27.4 cm (4 15/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warship in the Trough of a Wave

1665 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark at top and sides: 12.4 × 27.2 cm (4 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warships and a Spouting Whale

1665 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 12.4 × 27.2 cm (4 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 27.3 cm (5 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

1663 · Etching, only state

Sheet: 2 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (5.4 × 11.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

St. Paul's Choir

1658 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 31.1 × 22.5 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22.8 cm (12 7/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Paul's from the South Showing the Spire

1657 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

17.8 × 37.4 cm (7 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Hunter, from Landscapes

1651 · Etching on cream laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 14.6 × 22.1 cm (5 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Duke and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.2 × 5.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Woman and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.2 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death's Coat of Arms

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Man and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.2 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Waggoner and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.1 × 5.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Child and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Merchant and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Bride and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Peddlar and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gamesters and Death, from The Dance of Death

1651 · Etching in black on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Rich Man and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.3 × 5.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Knight and Death, from The Dance of Death

1651 · Etching in black on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.1 × 5.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Nun and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.2 × 5.2 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Doctor and Death

1651 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 7.1 × 5.2 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

361 published of 361 catalogued · 361 with image

Nga
190 published190 img
Art Institute Chicago
153 published153 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
The Met
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Schelpen
1644 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Gezicht op Bingen aan de Rijn
1636 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Schelp, murex pecten
1644 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Winter
1643 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Design for Daggers
1644 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Seasons
1643 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portret van de schilder Adriaan Pietersz. van de Venne
1620 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Great Chalice Adorned with Figures
1640 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Seasons: Summer
1643 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Seasons: Spring
1643 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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