Amoenissimæ aliquot locorum ... effigies. Plate 23. Die Zuyder Zee., Wenceslaus Hollar, artist, 1635, Germany, etching, Wenceslaus (or Wenzel) Hollar (1607-77) was an Anglo-Czech artist, and one of the greatest and most prolific printmakers of the 17th century. His art reveals his immensely wide subject range, and reflects the priorities of his time: religious prints, mythology, satire, landscapes, geography and maps, portraits, women, costumes, sports, natural history (including caterpillars, moths and snails), architecture, heraldry, numismatics, ornaments, title-pages and initials.
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Amoenissimæ aliquot locorum .., effigies, Plate 23, Die Zuyder Zee, Wenceslaus Hollar, artist, 1635, Germany, etching, Wenceslaus, Wenzel, Hollar, 1607-77, Anglo-Czech artist, greatest, prolific printmakers, 17th century, art, reveals, immensely wide subject range, reflects, priorities, time, religious prints, mythology, satire, landscapes, geography, maps, portraits, women, costumes, sports, natural history, caterpillars, moths, snails, architecture, heraldry, numismatics, ornaments, title-pages, initials
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