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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
Rembrandt Cabinet
Level 2, NGV International
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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