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