Medium
etching with border "Minerva and Hercules" (Pennington 233B)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4880
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 17th-century printmaking with *Emperor*, a masterful etching created by Wenceslaus Hol in 1651. Hollar, a Bohemian renowned for his exquisite reproductive prints, drew from designs by two giants: Hans Holbein the, the Tudor-era portraitist famous for his precise, psychological depth, and Abraham van Diebeeck, a Flemish painter. This layered attribution highlights the collaborative spirit of the era, where etchings preserved and disseminated prestigious images across Europe. The work's medium—etching with an elaborate border depicting Minerva (goddess of wisdom...