1979, ISBN: 9780856132315

[SC: 12.5], [PU: London Orbis Publishing 1979], DUTCH ART ALLEMAND TEKENING DESSIN GRAFIEK GRAPHIQUE GRAPHICS DENKSTEIN, VLADIMIR HOLLAR DRAWINGS ORBIS PUBLISHING 0856132314, Jacket, Boun… Mehr…

[SC: 12.5], [PU: London Orbis Publishing 1979], DUTCH ART ALLEMAND TEKENING DESSIN GRAFIEK GRAPHIQUE GRAPHICS DENKSTEIN, VLADIMIR HOLLAR DRAWINGS ORBIS PUBLISHING 0856132314, Jacket, Bound, sand-coloured cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour,310 x 240 x 35 mm., 216pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780856132315. After his family was ruined by the Sack of Prague in the Thirty Years' War, 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 D rer, whose influence upon Hollar's work was always great. In 1627 he was in Frankfurt where he was apprenticed to the renowned engraver Matth us Merian.[1] In 1630 he lived in Strasbourg, Mainz and Koblenz, where Hollar portrayed the towns, castles, and landscapes of the Middle Rhine Valley. In 1633 he moved to Cologne 1780 g.<

1979, ISBN: 9780856132315

London Orbis Publishing 1979. Bound, sand-coloured cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour,310 x 240 x 35 mm., 216pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780856132315. After… Mehr…

London Orbis Publishing 1979. Bound, sand-coloured cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour,310 x 240 x 35 mm., 216pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780856132315. After his family was ruined by the Sack of Prague in the Thirty Years' War, 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 Dürer, whose influence upon Hollar's work was always great. In 1627 he was in Frankfurt where he was apprenticed to the renowned engraver Matthäus Merian.[1] In 1630 he lived in Strasbourg, Mainz and Koblenz, where Hollar portrayed the towns, castles, and landscapes of the Middle Rhine Valley. In 1633 he moved to Cologne, London Orbis Publishing 1979, 0<

1977, ISBN: 9780856132315

London : Orbis Pub, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly a… Mehr…

London : Orbis Pub, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Subjects; Hollar, Wenceslaus 1607-1677. Prague (Czech Republic). Ndnalerie., London : Orbis Pub, 1977, 0<

1979, ISBN: 0856132314

[EAN: 9780856132315], [PU: Orbis Pub / Abaris Books], VLADIMIR DENKSTEIN, Testo Italiano e Inglese. London, 1979; br., pp. 200, ill. b/n e col., Books