Title page to "Amoenissimi Aliquot Locorum in divertis Provincys"
Hollar was one of the most important printmakers of the seventeenth century. His technical virtuosity and his ability to render things, places, and people with astonishing detail and truthfulness has been highly regarded since his lifetime. He was so prolific and versatile that it has been noted that all we known of the 17th century is known through the work of Hollar.
This landscape is the title page to a series that Hollar created once he had moved to London. It is partly based on landscape drawings he had made earlier along the Rhine. To those works, a group of landscapes around London were added.
This landscape is the title page to a series that Hollar created once he had moved to London. It is partly based on landscape drawings he had made earlier along the Rhine. To those works, a group of landscapes around London were added.
Artwork Details
- Title: Title page to "Amoenissimi Aliquot Locorum in divertis Provincys"
- Series/Portfolio: Amoenissimi Aliquot Locorum in divertis Provincys
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1643–44
- Medium: Etching, first state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (9.5 × 17.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Barbara E. Fox, from the Collection of Howard A. Fox, MD, and Barbara E. Fox, 2023
- Object Number: 2023.290.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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