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Wenceslaus
Hollar
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Title:
Caricature heads after
Leonardo da Vinci
Medium: Etching
Image size: 2.68" x 4.43"
Sold
Note:
P/P 1594, collectors mark on reverse, first
state of two
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Bohemian engraver
and watercolorist, born in Prague. He trained in the workshop
of Merian in Frankfurt, and became one of the foremost
engravers of topographical views in the 17th cent. in
1636, while working in Cologne, he met the English connoisseur,
the Earl of Artandel, who took him on a tour of Europe
to make views for his private coHections. On account of
his English connections Hollar finally settled in London-during
the Civil War he fought on the Royalist side-and his views
of the city form an invaluable record of its appearance
before the Great Fire of 1666. He was very prolific and
engraved a wide range of subjects apart from views.
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