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Winter
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
1641
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Plate: 25 × 17.8 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 18.5 cm (9 15/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
- Culture
- Bohemia
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Wenceslaus Hollar was born in Bohemia and, at the height of his career, enjoyed the patronage of the Earl of Arundel. He is famous for his lifelike rendering of fur and his panoramic views of London. His steady, complex etched lines create the illusion of natural light on a gown or over a cityscape. The fashionably clad women in this series represent the four seasons. Each caption advises the viewer to protect her beauty against the climate. Winter, for example, depicts two fur muffs and a mask to shield the lady’s face from icy winds.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
