Wenceslaus Hollar (also known as Wenzel Hollar and Václav Hollar) was one of the most prolific and accomplished artists of the seventeenth century, with an estimated four hundred drawings and three thousand etchings to his name. They include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still lifes. He was also known for his topographical works and his maps. Born in Prague, he worked there as well as in Strasbourg, Mainz, Koblenz, Vienna, and England.
In the year 1885, a few days after the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, it began to rain in the plains surrounding the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz and continued to do so almost…
The title of this etching comes from the inscription that appears on the lower left. The picture depicts a Hasidic Jew in Jerusalem praying at the Western Wall, the remnant of the Second Temple that…
On the white garments of my great-grandfather
the cross of the middle ages flames anew.
My great-grandfather sits at the seder,
holding a staff from a wild almond tree
to rouse the forefathers.
Not…