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Thomas Hobbes

After John Baptist Gaspars Flemish
1665
Not on view
Thomas Hobbes was seventeenth-century England's foremost philosopher and political theorist, widely known for his work of social and political theory Leviathan (1651). Hollar here reproduced in etching a painting of the philosopher by the Flemish portrait painter Jan Baptist Jaspers of ca. 1651, now housed in the Royal Society. Hollar, a chronicler of so many aspects of cultural life and art of his day, created numerous portraits. His etched lines in the print provide the painted portrait with an air of focused intent.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Thomas Hobbes
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After John Baptist Gaspars (Flemish, Antwerp 1620–1693 London)
  • Date: 1665
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (26.5 × 18.8 cm)
    Plate: 10 3/16 × 6 7/8 in. (25.9 × 17.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Barbara E. Fox, 2026
  • Object Number: 2026.270.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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