The Hunter

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Lodewijk de Vadder Flemish
Publisher Cornelis Galle II Flemish
1651
Not on view
after Lodowyck de Vadder
In the foreground a man carrying a gun walks with his dog; In the midlle distance a horseman is followed by two men. On the right a tree grows out of a rocky bank.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Hunter
  • Series/Portfolio: Landscapes : Six plates (New Hollstein 1107-1112)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Lodewijk de Vadder (Flemish, Brussels 1605–1655 Brussels)
  • Publisher: Cornelis Galle II (Flemish, Antwerp 1615–1678 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1651
  • Medium: Etching; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (14.7 × 22.1 cm)
    Sheet: 5 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (15.1 × 22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.162
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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