Three Etchings of Gentlewomen by Wensceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
Three Etchings of Gentlewomen by Wensceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
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A wonderful trio of etchings of gentlewomen by Wenceslau Hollar, who was born in Prague in 1607 and died in London in 1677.
The largest, A Woman of Holland, is inscribed on the upper left of the image with "Citizen of Holland" and below the image with "W. Hollar Fecit 1643/ Cives Hollandica/22' " Framed and mounted in a gilt frame measuring 15.25" by 13.63"
The second etching , A Woman Holding A Rosary, is framed in a black contemporary frame measuring 13" by 10"
The third etching, A Woman of Antwerp in Domestic Adornment, also in a contemporary black frame measuring 13' by 10".
Wenceslaus Holler was one of the most prolific engravers of the 17th century. In 1636 he came under the patronage of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and subsequently travelled with him throughout Europe and finally to London, where he spent most of the rest of his life. His etchings included portraits, book illustrations, landscapes, ships, religious subjects and wide views of cities for which he became famous.
In 1643, he self-published "Aula Veneris", a series which began under the title Theatrum Mulierum (The Theater of Women), of which the present three etchings were a part. The plates represented a grouping of women's costume from different countries in Europe. The prints were likely sold individually rather than in bound books or portfolios, but may have later been gathered in a book published by 1662 in Paris by Baltazar Moncornet.
Today they represent an extraordinay archive of women's dress in the 17th century.
Collections of Hollar's work are kept in the British Museum in London, the print room at Windsor Castle, the Fisher Library at the University of Toronto and the National Gallery in Prague.
The largest, A Woman of Holland, is inscribed on the upper left of the image with "Citizen of Holland" and below the image with "W. Hollar Fecit 1643/ Cives Hollandica/22' " Framed and mounted in a gilt frame measuring 15.25" by 13.63"
The second etching , A Woman Holding A Rosary, is framed in a black contemporary frame measuring 13" by 10"
The third etching, A Woman of Antwerp in Domestic Adornment, also in a contemporary black frame measuring 13' by 10".
Wenceslaus Holler was one of the most prolific engravers of the 17th century. In 1636 he came under the patronage of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and subsequently travelled with him throughout Europe and finally to London, where he spent most of the rest of his life. His etchings included portraits, book illustrations, landscapes, ships, religious subjects and wide views of cities for which he became famous.
In 1643, he self-published "Aula Veneris", a series which began under the title Theatrum Mulierum (The Theater of Women), of which the present three etchings were a part. The plates represented a grouping of women's costume from different countries in Europe. The prints were likely sold individually rather than in bound books or portfolios, but may have later been gathered in a book published by 1662 in Paris by Baltazar Moncornet.
Today they represent an extraordinay archive of women's dress in the 17th century.
Collections of Hollar's work are kept in the British Museum in London, the print room at Windsor Castle, the Fisher Library at the University of Toronto and the National Gallery in Prague.
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