Sir John Wildman

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a man in a portrait. He has curly hair, a mustache, and a goatee. The man is dressed formally with a white collar and lace detail at his throat. The portrait is set in an ornate frame with the inscription "NIL ADMIRARI." In the background of the portrait, a landscape is depicted with buildings, vegetation, and clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.26.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, undescribed.

Wikidata ID

Q65578728

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