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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (1607-1677)
Four etched Self-Portraits (?)
Details
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (1607-1677)
Four etched Self-Portraits (?)
Wenceslaus Hollar Self-Portrait aged 40
1647
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the third state (of eight)
trimmed inside the platemark;
and Three Plates from: Reisbüchlein, 1635, including:
Man with Pointed Beard (Plate 2)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good impression of the second, final state
with margins;
Head of a Smiling Man (Plate 21)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good impression of the third, final state
trimmed to the platemark above and below, with small margins at left and right;
and Head of a Young Man, turned slightly to right (Plate 22)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good, tonal impression of the second, final state
with margins
Sheet 134 x 93 mm. (Self-Portrait)
Plate 54 x 41 mm., Sheet 70 x 54 mm. (Pointed Beard)
Plate 77 x 56 mm., Sheet 77 x 62 mm. (Smiling Man)
Plate 51 x 42 mm., Sheet 70 x 59 mm. (Young Man)(4)
Four etched Self-Portraits (?)
Wenceslaus Hollar Self-Portrait aged 40
1647
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the third state (of eight)
trimmed inside the platemark;
and Three Plates from: Reisbüchlein, 1635, including:
Man with Pointed Beard (Plate 2)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good impression of the second, final state
with margins;
Head of a Smiling Man (Plate 21)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good impression of the third, final state
trimmed to the platemark above and below, with small margins at left and right;
and Head of a Young Man, turned slightly to right (Plate 22)
on laid paper, without watermark
a very good, tonal impression of the second, final state
with margins
Sheet 134 x 93 mm. (Self-Portrait)
Plate 54 x 41 mm., Sheet 70 x 54 mm. (Pointed Beard)
Plate 77 x 56 mm., Sheet 77 x 62 mm. (Smiling Man)
Plate 51 x 42 mm., Sheet 70 x 59 mm. (Young Man)(4)
Provenance
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Literature
Pennington 1420, 1649, 1668, 1669; New Hollstein 985,149,168,169
Exhibited
New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Center for British Art, Wenceslaus Hollar - A Bohemian Artist in England, November 1994 - January 1995, No. 13, p. 48 (ill.) (with their label on the mount) (P.1649, 1668 & 1669).
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Stefano Franceschi
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