Portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar
Maker
(artist)
1612-1670
(engraver)
1612-1670
(publisher)
1612-1670
1612-1670
(engraver)
1612-1670
(publisher)
1612-1670
Title
Portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar
Date of Production
1649
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2951.63
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
compas
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: "117 WENCESLAUS HOLLAR // Gentilhomme ne a Prage l'an 1607, a este de nature fort inclin pr l'art de meniature principa: // lement pour esclaircir, mais beaucoup retarde par son pere, lan 1627, il est partis de Prage aijant // demeure en divers lieux en Allemaigne, il c est addonne pour peu de temps a esclaircir et aplicquer // leau forte, estant party de Coloigne avec le Comte d'Arondel vers Vienne et dillec par Prage // vers lAngleterre, ou ayant este serviteur domesticque du Duc de Iorck, il sest retire de la a cause // de la guerre a Anvers ou il reside encores. // Ie. Meyssens pinxit et excudit.".
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