#Wenceslaus Hollar

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Romulus and Remus, engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) after Giulio Romano (1499-1546)

[escapismsworld]

Anatomical Study of a Skull

Wenceslaus Hollar 🇨🇿 (1607-1677)

1645

after a design by Leonardo da Vinci

[mrdirtybear]

The number of artists whose creativity was forced and changed by war must be many, Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677) must be listed as one of them. Born in Prague, he was an accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century. Because of the thirty years war across Europe he spent much of his creative life in England. German speakers called him Wenzel Hollar, Czech speakers called him Václav Hollar.

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Wenceslaus Hollar, Winter, 1643-1644, etching (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

[oncanvas]

Five Butterflies, a Moth and Two Beetles, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching 3 ⅛ x 4 ⅝ in. (8 x 11.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

[history-of-fashion]

1640 Wenceslaus Hollar - The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times 

The Woman with a Mannish Hat and Light Muff

The Veiled Woman

The Woman with a High Neckcloth

The Woman with a Mannish Hat and Dark Muff

The Woman with a Mannish Hat and Flowered Petticoat

The Woman with a Mannish Hat and Ribboned Bodice

The Woman with a Mannish Hat

The Woman with a Marble Sphere

The Woman with Gloves

The Woman with Scissors

(Cleveland Museum of Art)

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly [Libellen], Antwerp, 1646. | src Rijksmuseum

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Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libellen, vlinder en een hommel [Butterfly, bumblebee, dragonfly]. Insecten (series title). Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title). Antwerp, 1646. | Rijksmuseum

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Winter  The cold, not cruelty makes her weare In Winter, furrs and Wild beasts haire For a smoother skinn at night Embraceth her with more delight

1643 etching by Wenceslaus Hollar copied by his pupil, Richard Gaywood, in 1654. part of a set of 4 etchings depicting the seasons

[kestarren]

'A Peony', by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663. Engraving/etching.

[beautiful-belgium]

Wenceslaus Hollar after Pieter van Avont - The Kneeling Magdalen (1644–52)

[contremineur]

Rose McLarney, from Nutmeg and mace

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) began operating in South Asia, and over the next century expanded its colonial operations to Mauritius and South Africa. Laurens Real, Governor-General in the East Indies from 1615-1619, first introduced slave labour into the nutmeg plantations on Amboina in the East Indies, and his successor Jan Pieterzoon Coen (1619-1623 and 1627-1629) introduced it in the remaining of VOC settlements.

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Wenceslaus Hollar, plate from John Nieuhoff, An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperour of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff, Steward to the Ambassadours; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby (London 1669).

John Nieuhoff (1618-1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company.

[lionofchaeronea]

Two Swans, Wenceslaus Hollar after Francis Barlow, 1654-58

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English Lady in Winter Costume (The Winter habit of an English Gentlewoman)

1644

Wenceslaus Hollar

[mrdirtybear]

'Portrait of a beard man, profile to the right' as drawn in 1645 by Bohemian graphic artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677). He was born in Prague, spent much of his life in England and is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar, to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar. He is much noted for his engravings and etchings. He died in London, and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster.

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La comedia burlesca «La venida del duque de Guisa con su armada a Castelamar»: final

La comedia de La venida del duque de Guisa con su armada a Castelamar brinda buenos ejemplos para el análisis de diversas modalidades burlescas propias de este peculiar subgénero dramático[1]. Hay, en efecto, en el texto que nos ocupa otros pasajes también interesantes que podrían considerarse igualmente. Así, entre otros: la ridícula recepción de los jurados de Castelamar a Guisa, con su…

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Six Hounds, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching 5.19 x 8 in. (13.2 x 20.3 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA