Wenceslaus HollarTsjechië, Engeland, 1607–1677Watervogels
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Amsterdam, Nederland
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- Bron
- Het museum
Over het werk
Verschillende vogels, waaronder een reiger en meeuwen, aan de waterkant.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RP-P-OB-11.628
Wat het toont
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Afbeelding: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
In het leven van Wenceslaus Hollar
Het hele leven1646–1652
Works in Antwerp during the Civil Wars
During the unrest of the Civil Wars he works in Antwerp, where he produces many of his most renowned works: Dutch cityscapes, seascapes, depictions of nature, his “muffs” and “shells”.
1652
Returns to London
In 1652 he returns to London and lives for a time with the engraver William Faithorne near Temple Bar.
after 1654
Loses his young son to the plague
His young son, who was reputed to have artistic ability, dies of the plague.
after 1654
Illustrates Virgil, Homer, Juvenal and Dugdale
In the following years many books he illustrated are published: Ogilby’s Virgil and Homer, Stapylton’s Juvenal, and Dugdale’s Warwickshire, St Paul’s and Monasticon (part one). But his work for the booksellers was poorly paid, and his commissions declined as the Court no longer purchased his works after the Restoration.
![Bride, from "Dance of Death", Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP822840.jpg)
