Terms and conditions of use
Nine ducks
(c. 1658)
from the Diversæ avium species (Various species of birds) series (c. 1658)
Medium
etching
Measurements
12.9 × 19.0 cm (image) 14.5 × 19.6 cm (plate) 15.1 × 20.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Rembrandt Cabinet
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Wenceslaus Hollar lived a much-travelled life in a period of great turbulence. He left his hometown of Prague at age twenty and spent some nine years in Germany before arriving in London in 1636 as a protégé of the Earl of Arundel, the renowned English art collector and patron. Hollar spent eight years during the English Civil War in Antwerp before returning to England in 1652, where he lived out his life. He is known as England’s most significant early printmaker, making nearly three thousand etchings of great diversity during his career, both after his own designs and those of other artists.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1662 ii/ii; Pennington 2143 ii/ii; Parthey 2143
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Barlow inv: Hollar fec:
Accession Number
1278.401-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Animals Another Work
Subjects (specific)
animal art bird (animal) ducks (birds) ponds (water)