WENZEL HOLLAR

1607 Prague – London 1677

A Muff, seen from five different perspectives 1646


etching; sheet: 84 x 134 mm (3 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches)

Parthey and Pennington 1952, Borovský third (final) state; The New Hollstein 796 third (final) state

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  • WENCESLAUS HOLLAR 1607 Prague – London 1677 A Muff, seen from five different perspectives 1646 etching; sheet: 84 x 134 mm (3 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches) Parthey and Pennington 1952, Borovský third (final) state; The New Hollstein 796 third (final) state

    A Muff, seen from five different perspectives 1646

    etching; sheet: 84 x 134 mm (3 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches)

    Parthey and Pennington 1952, Borovský third (final) state; The New Hollstein 796 third (final) state

    LITERATURE
    Richard Godfrey, Wenceslaus Hollar: A Bohemian Artist in England, exhibition catalogue, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1994–95, no. 92H

    PROVENANCE
    P. Gervais, Paris (Lugt 1078)
    Dr. Ernst Ruge, Görlitz (Lugt 2158a)

    A very good impression; a small rust spot at right, otherwise in excellent, untreated condition with margins all round.

    The set of eight images of muffs and/or groups of muffs are, in Richard Godfrey’s words, “justly the best loved and admired of all Hollar’s prints, and they constitute his most original contribution to the history of printmaking. […] Frequently the subjects of painters, the depiction of fur had rarely been attempted in prints, and the idea of composing still lifes of these seductive garments was entirely novel.”

  • Wenzel Hollar 1607 Prague – London 1677 Ornate Goblet on Feet of Masks, 1646 From the Series of ten etchings „Ornamental Designs“, after Hans Holbein, 1645-1649 etching, 161 x 129 mm New Hollstein 825 (with wrong date)

    Ornate Goblet on Feet of Masks 1646

    Etching; 161 x 129 mm. From the series of ten etchings "Ornamental Designs" after Hans Holbein, 1645-1649

    New Hollstein 825 (with wrong date)