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Title page
(after 1644)
from the Amoenissimi aliquot locorum in diversis provincijs iacetium prospectus (A set of landscapes) series, originally published 1644

Medium
etching

Measurements
9.0 × 16.8 cm (image) 11.1 × 17.6 cm (plate) 19.1 × 25.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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About this work

Widely regarded as England’s most significant early printmaker, Wenceslaus Hollar led a well-travelled life during a period of great turbulence. Born in Prague, he spent almost a decade in Germany before arriving in London in 1636 as a protégé of the Earl of Arundel, the preeminent English art collector and patron. In 1644 Hollar completed Views of Some of the Most Pleasant Places Situated in Different Regions, a series of prints started in 1643, based on drawings from his time in England and his earlier travels through Germany. The series was later faithfully reproduced by French-born printmaker Abraham Aubri.

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 442 (iii/iii) (copy) ; Pennington 719 (copy)

Edition
3rd edition

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) (in cartouche) u.c.: AMOENISSIMI ALIQVOT / Locorum in diuerſis Prouinoÿs iace= (- above e) / tium Proſpectus, à Wenceſlao Hollar / Bohemo, delineatæ, et à Abrahamo / Aubri, Aqua-forti æri inciſæ. / F. de Wit excudit.
printed in ink (in image) c.: S Iohann
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Strasburg
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Gedruckt 't Amſterdam by Joachim Ottens , op de Nieuwendyk , in de Wereltcaart
printed in ink l.r.: 1

Accession Number
1278.1283-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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