Wenceslaus Hollar
Wenceslaus Hollar was a seventeenth-century etcher whose prints range across portraiture, animals and the likenesses of European nobility and artists. His work is dominated by etching, often in early or only states, and subjects such as lions, Rubens, Charles I with Henrietta Maria and Frances Stuart. This archive holds 204 sheets, with dates running from 1625 to 1786, so the collection includes impressions up to well after the artist's lifetime.
204 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
Whole-length Figure of a Lady
1625–77 · Etching; only state
Figure of a Lady Standing
1625–77 · Etching
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
1640 · Etching; seventh state of seven (NH)
Descent from the Cross (1640)
1640 · Etching, only state
Judah and Tamar
1640 · Etching, only state
Pietro Aretino (1640, Met-Objekt 2173)
1640 · Etching; second state of four (NH)
Pietro Aretino (1640, Met-Objekt 2174)
1640 · Etching; first state of four (NH) before letters but very damaged
Charles I and Henrietta Maria
1641 · Etching; first state of three (NH , this impression cited)
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (1642)
1642 · Etching; third state of three
Ornamental sword hilt
1642 · Etching; only state
Ornate goblet
1642 · Etching; only state
Sir Anthony Van Dyck with a Sunflower
1644 · Etching; third state of three
Daggars and Scabbards
1644 · Etching; first state of two
Peter Paul Rubens (Petrus Paulus Rubenius)
1644–52 · Etching; second state of two (NH)
Jesus Confronting His Detractors
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus taken
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus before Annas
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus before Caiaphas
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus again before Caiaphas
1644–52 · Etching, only state
The Scourging
1644–52 · Etching, only state
The Mocking of Christ
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus on the Mount of Olives
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Ecce Homo (1644–52)
1644–52 · Etching, only state
The Washing of Hands
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Carrying the cross
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Crucifixion
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Entombment (1644–52)
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Descent into Hell
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Resurrection
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus before Pilate (1644–52)
1644–52 · Etching, only state
Jesus confronting his detractors
1644–52 · Etching, ony state
Head of a man with thick curly hair in profile to the left
1644–52 · Etching, first state of two
Head of a bald man in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Head of an old man with tufts of curly hair around ear in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Head of a muscular old man in profile to left with flowing hair
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Five Heads
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Four grotesque heads in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Two youths in profile to left with two grotesque heads facing each other below
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Three profile heads, one in outline only
1644–52 · Etching, first state of two
Head of an old man wearing cap in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Man with doleful expression to left with hand emerging from cloak
1644–52 · Etching; first state of two
Head of a man with serious expression
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Head of an Old Man with a Pronounced Chin, Short Cropped Hair and Gaping Mouth Showing Teeth in Profile to Left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Head of a man with protruding chin and snub nose looking upwards in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Grotesque old man with flattened nose in profile to left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Bust of a deformed man wearing a bulbous hat in profile to the left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
Head of young man with long hair in profile to the left
1644–52 · Etching; only state
St. Catherine of Alexandria (1644–52)
1644–52 · Etching and engraving; second state of two
Bishop Jan van Malderus (Malderen)
1645 · Etching; first state of three
Hieronymus Westonius (Richard Weston, Earl of Portland)
1645 · Etching; second state of three
Jug decorated with arabesques
1645 · Etching; only state
Jug with arabesques on the base
1645 · Etching. only state
Ornate goblet on feet of masks (1645, Met-Objekt 1995)
1645 · Etching, only state
Dagger and scabbard
1645 · Etching; only state
Lower portion of a scabbard
1645 · Etching; only state
Jug with wide spout
1645 · Etching; only state
Base of an ornamental cup
1645 · Etching; second state of two
Ornate goblet on feet of masks (1645, Met-Objekt 2131)
1645 · Etching, only state
Skull in profile to right (1645, Met-Objekt 5471)
1645 · Etching; only state
Head and shoulder of a child, in profile to right
1645 · Etching; only state
Man with stern expression in profile to left
1645 · Etching; second state of two
St. Anne
1645 · Etching; only state
Title page to Diversae Probae
1645 · Etching; only state
Heads of two young women
1645 · Etching; second state of two; later printing
Head studies
1645 · Etching; second state of two; later printing
Rex et Regina de Tunis
1645 · Etching; second state of two; later impression
A large man with a bald head facing a grotesque female
1645 · Etching; second state of two
Two deformed heads (the figure on the left is possibly a caricature of Dante)
1645 · Etching; second state of two
Two deformed heads facing inwards
1645 · Etching; second state of two
Two deformed heads facing each other (1645, Met-Objekt 5494)
1645 · Etching; second state of two
A deformed couple facing each other
1645 · Etching; second state of two
A female with hair tied back and a bald male facing each other
1645 · Etching; third state of three (NH)
Two deformed heads facing each other (1645, Met-Objekt 5498)
1645 · Etching and engraving; second state of two
Two deformed heads facing each other (1645, Met-Objekt 5499)
1645 · Etching; third state of three
Varie Figuræ et Probæ
1645 · Etching; fourth state of five
Row of three heads in profile to left
1645 · Etching; second state of two
A variety of heads
1645 · Etching; second state of two
Male torso from neck to hip in profile to left
1645 · Etching; only state
Naked male torso seen from behind
1645 · Etching; only state
Title-page to "Varie Figuræ & Probæ"
1645 · Etching; first state of two
Skull in profile to right (1645, Met-Objekt 5535)
1645 · Etching; only state
Two Deformed Heads Facing Inwards (1645)
1645 · Etching
Three Heads in Profile
1645 · Etching
Mary Villiers, Dutchess of Lennox and Richmond
1645–50 · Etching; fourth state of five
Two deformed heads (1645–50, Met-Objekt 5483)
1645–50 · Engraving (rejected)
Two deformed heads (1645–50, Met-Objekt 5497)
1645–50 · Engraving, only state
Two Heads
1645–50 · Engraving, only state
Six Lions in Various Poses
1646 · Etching; only state
Lucas and Cornelius van Wael
1646 · Etching; fourth state of four (NH)
Young man wearing a hat in profile to left
1646 · Etching; third state of three (NH)
A bearded man after Hans Holbein (?)
1646 · Etching, only state
A wide cup with ornamental stem
1646 · Etching; only state
A wide cup with ball feet
1646 · Etching; only state
Two handled cup
1646 · Etching; only stae
A young man caressing an old woman
1646 · Etching, only state
Five grotesque heads, including an elderly man with an oak leaf wreath (1646, Met-Objekt 5490)
1646 · Etching; only state
Five grotesque heads, including an elderly man with an oak leaf wreath (1646, Met-Objekt 5537)
1646 · Etching; only state
Bearded Man with Chain Necklace, possibly from "A Collection of Original Etchings"
1647 · Etching; third state of three (NH); late impression
Young Woman Wearing a Feathered Cap
1647 · Etching and drypoint, third state of three (NH)
Henricus VIII Angliae Rex etc.
1647 · Etching, only state
Princeps Maria Henrici VIII Regis Angliæ Filia
1647 · Etching; first state of four
Hans von Zürch Goltshmidt
1647 · Etching, only state
The Lady Guldeforde (Mary Wotton, Lady Guildford)
1647 · Etching; second state of two
Portrait of a Young Woman (1647, Met-Objekt 2031)
1647 · Etching and drypoint; second state of two
Lord Denny (Sir Anthony Denny)
1647 · Etching, only state
Bearded Man
1647 · Etching; first state of three
Bearded man with chain necklace
1647 · Etching; margin cut thwarting state assignment
Portrait of a Young Woman (1647, Met-Objekt 2073)
1647 · Etching; third state of four (NH)
Portrait of a Young Woman (1647, Met-Objekt 2112)
1647 · Etching and drypoint; third state of four (NH)
Portrait of Hans Holbein
1647 · Etching and engraving; first state of four
Pietro Aretino (1647)
1647 · Etching; second state of four (NH)
Margaret Griggs (Woman in a fur bonnet, profile to the left)
1648 · Etching
Head of young man wearing hat in profile to right
1648 · Etching, only state
Iohanna Seymovr Regina Hen (Jane Seymour, Queen of Henry VIII)
1648 · Etching; only state
Title Page, Diversae Effigies
1648 · Etching; first state of three
Bust of a woman looking downwards towards left with elaborately decorated hair
1648 · Etching; only state
Head of a toothless man with bare, sinewy neck in profile to left
1648 · Etching; only state
Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards
1648 · Etching; only state
Man with caricatured features and hair streaming behind, in half-length to left
1648 · Etching; only state
Charles II (1649, Met-Objekt 1770)
1649 · Etching; third state of six (NH)
Charles I
1649 · Etching; first state of two
Charles II (1649, Met-Objekt 1780)
1649 · Etching; second state of six
Lady Mary Butts
1649 · Etching; first state of three (NH)
Sir William Butts
1649 · Etching, first state of three NH)
Jug with lid, engraved with arabesque pattern, the narrow spout to right ending in snake's head, handle to left
1649 · Etching and drypoint, only state
Pietro Aretino (1649)
1649 · Etching, only state
Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland
1650 · Etching; first state of three (New Hollstein)
The Angler
1650 · Etching; first state of three (New Hollstein)
Edward VI
1650 · Etching, only state
Democritus and Heraclitus
1650–60 · Etching; not by Hollar
Rich Man, from the Dance of Death
1651 · Etching, second state of four
Sectioned skull in profile to left with the left side of the cranium removed (1651, Met-Objekt 5472)
1651 · Etching: only state
Sectioned skull in profile to left with the left side of the cranium removed (1651, Met-Objekt 5536)
1651 · Etching; only state
Raphael
1651 · Etching, second state of two (NH)
Inigo Jones (from Inigo Jones's "The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury Plain," 1655)
1655 · Etching, first state of two (New Hollstein)
Male head in profile to left with muscles exposed
1660 · Etching; only state
Ecorche head of a man in profile to left
1660 · Etching; only state
Bust of woman with protruding mouth wearing low-cut dress and cloth bound around her head, in profile to right
1660 · Etching; only state
Bust of a woman wearing low-cut dress, with protruding lipd, growth on her forehead, prominent breast, long flowing hair down her back, in profile to left
1660 · Etching; only state
Bust of a man with a flat nose and protruding mouth, wearing flat cap and buttoned coat in profile to right
1660 · Etching; only state
Bust of a deformed old woman with one tooth, facing left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of a deformed woman with curly hair in profile to the left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of a deformed man with a hat and a fat, protruding lower lip in profile to left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of a deformed woman with conical hat and two dangling plaits in profile to left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of woman with wide-open mouth and long curly hair falling over her shoulders, wearing low-cut dress with ribbon round her waist, in profile to left
1665 · Etching;only state
Bust of woman with wide open mouth and up-turned nose, wearing large flat turban with cloth hanging down behind in profile to right
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of Elderly Man with Nose That Meets His Lower Lip, Wearing Wide Flat Cap in Profile to Left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of a Man with Hooked Nose, Prominent Upper Lip, Open Mouth and Thick, Short Curly Hair Resembling Wig in Profile to Left
1665 · Etching; only state
Bust of a man with a small turned-up nose and very high upper lip, wearing hood, in profile to the left
1666 · Etching; only state
Title Page, Divers Anticke Faces
1677 · Etching; second state of two (NH)
Title Page: Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum
1786 · Etching and engraving
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5560)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5561)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5562)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5563)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5564)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5565)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5566)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5567)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5568)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5569)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5570)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wenceslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5572)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5573)
1786 · Etching
Four Heads (from Characaturas by Leonardo da Vinci, from Drawings by Wincelslaus Hollar, out of the Portland Museum) (1786, Met-Objekt 5574)
1786 · Etching
Caricatures by Leonardo da Vinci from Drawings by Wenceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum
1786 · Etching
Garden of Eden, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Paradise Lost, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Adam Ploughing from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Pope, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Emperor, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Empress, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Queen, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Cardinal, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Duke, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Bishop, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Abbot, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Abbess, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Monk, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Nun, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Preacher, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Knight, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Advocate and Death, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Merchant, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Miser, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Waggoner, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Old man, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Old woman, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
The Child, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Death's coat of arms, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of two
Doctor, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Bride, from the Dance of Death
[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four
Jesus before Pilate (after 1677)
after 1677 · Etching, only state
St. Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 1644–50)
ca. 1644–50 · Etching and engraving; first state of two
Two Deformed Heads with Very Long Upper Lips
ca. 1645 · Etching
Two Deformed Heads Facing Inwards (ca. 1645, Met-Objekt 5584)
ca. 1645 · Etching
Two Deformed Heads Facing Inwards (ca. 1645, Met-Objekt 5585)
ca. 1645 · Etching
The King and Queen of Tunis (Rex et Regina de Tunis)
ca. 1645 · Etching
Twelve Heads
ca. 1645 · Etching; second state of two
Two Deformed Heads Facing Inwards (ca. 1654)
ca. 1654 · Etching