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A tiger lies in the foreground shot by an archer who appears between the trees; illustration for a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching by W. Hollar, 1668.
John OgilbyReference: 39653i
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The dance of death: the abbot. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the younger.
Hans Holbein the YoungerReference: 30272i
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A dog in the manger is growling at an ox which is driven by a peasant with a stick. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
John OgilbyDate: 1666Reference: 39630i
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A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
John OgilbyReference: 39638i
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A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: 1674Reference: 24360i
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A strong north wind blowing a yacht and trees on an estuary, people out in the cold, and, above, the zodiacal sign of Pisces (fish); representing the month February. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1628, after J. van de Velde II.
Jan van de VeldeDate: [1628?]Reference: 39023i
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Ceres, at night, drinking from a flask provided by an old woman, while her young son mocks. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646, after A. Elsheimer.
Adam ElsheimerDate: 1646Reference: 38098i
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An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.
Streater, Robert, 1624-1680.Date: [1660]Reference: 38992i
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John Bastwick. Etching by W. Hollar.
Reference: 831i
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Above, allegorical figures of Reason and Revelation, standing in niches; below, men and devils digging in a saltmine. Engraving, 1670/1685, after W. Hollar, 1659.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1670/1685?]Reference: 567668i
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Saint George on horseback fighting the dragon. Etching by W. Hollar after A. Dürer, 1642.
Albrecht DürerDate: 1642Reference: 574613i
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Gate of the Hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, London, surrounded by thatched domestic buildings. Engraving after W. Hollar.
Wenceslaus HollarReference: 35284i
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Venus and Cupid descend from the clouds towards a widow of Ephesus and a soldier who is in love with her. Etching by W. Hollar.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1673]Reference: 39825i
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A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24374i
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Animalium, ferarum, et bestiarum, florum, fructuum, muscarum, vermiumque icones variae, omnes ad vivum delineatae / per W. Hollar, et in lucem editae a Petro Stent ... A new and perfect book of beasts, etc.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: 1663
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A cat with a mouse in its mouth is descending the stairs in a corn chamber while rats, mice and weasels are running around three piles of corn; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching by W. Hollar.
AesopDate: 1660-1669Reference: 39711i
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A fox has taken shelter in a thicket of thorn bushes. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
John OgilbyReference: 39633i
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Cross-section of skull in profile view, showing the intercranial nerves and vessels. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.
Leonardo da VinciDate: 1648Reference: 29413i
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A man sitting in the shade of a tree is about to swat the fly that settled on his bald head. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
John OgilbyReference: 39637i
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The face of a cat. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1646]Reference: 39760i
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Four water birds, including a heron, an avocet and a great crested grebe. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.
Francis BarlowDate: 1670Reference: 42838i
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A prostitute with her name and charges. Etchings by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
Date: [between 1800 and 1809?]Reference: 27943i
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A leopard stands with one paw on a stag it has brought down and faces an approaching fox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
John OgilbyDate: 1666Reference: 39631i
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Characaturas [sic] / by Leonardo da Vinci from drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum.
Leonardo da VinciDate: 1786
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The sources of English monastic life in the rule of Saint Benedict, and those who have embraced the rule: family tree. Etching by W. Hollar, 1655.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: 1655Reference: 29751i