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in 1647. Some of the Duke's troops are shown under a tree in the foreground, with carts and guns. The print also offers a schematic view of the various regiments and forces under several commanders and their positions around the city. In the left foreground the French army can be seen approaching to
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for the plate, a small fraction of its present value. Afterwards he fixed the price of his work at fourpence an hour, and measured his time by a sand-glass. On 4 July 1641 Hollar married a lady-in-waiting to the
Countess of Norfolk. Her name was Tracy; they had two children. Arundel had left England
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Hollar was one of the best and most prolific artists of his time. His work includes some 400 drawings and 3000 etchings. Hollar produced a variety of works. His plates number some 2740, and include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still life in many
531:, dated 1649. The work's lively figural decoration, typical of Hollar's style, includes a procession towards the entrance of the cathedral, a horse-drawn coach, and passers-by and dogs in a square in front of the church. The picture of the Antwerp cathedral was on display in 2013 at the
221:, the young Hollar, who had been destined for the legal profession, decided to become an artist. The earliest of his works that have come down to us are dated 1625 and 1626; they are small plates, and one of them is a copy of a "Virgin and Child" by
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epitomizes the war with a snake with a head at each end pulling in opposite directions in front of the Giza pyramids and sphinx. Hollar took his setting, presumably symbolizing longer term values, directly from an engraving published in
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Hollar was known for his topographical works and his maps. These were often made after designs by other artists. He made a few maps of military engagements which were drawn by the
Flemish artist and cartographer
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dated 1648, which is an etching on four plates on four conjoined sheets of paper. It comprises a plan of the city of
Landrecies, with the Bois de Mourinal in the upper right, while it is under siege by
641:) The book includes a series of 28 plates representing the attire of common women, mostly from European countries, from the 17th century. The book was published in 1662 in Paris by Baltazar Moncornet.
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and in 1982 by
Richard Pennington. A new complete illustrated catalogue has been published in the New Hollstein German series. Much of Hollar's work is available online from the
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He lived eight years after his return, still producing illustrations for booksellers, and continuing to produce well-regarded works until his death, for example a large plate of
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being a request to the bailiffs that they would not carry away the bed on which he was dying. Hollar was laid to rest in a tomb in the supplementary burial ground for
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he produced some of his famous "Views of London"; and it may have been the success of these plates and other cityscapes such as his 1649
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Entertaining book containing the simple depiction of the clothes of women from different parts of the world as they dress now
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graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in
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during the
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which he tried to import from Rome), and surrounded by works of art and their personifications.
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different forms. Examples of the complexity and scale of his projects include the eight-plate
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