A portrait of Wenceslaus Hollar holding an etched plate
c. 1649RCIN 803469
Hollar holds his etched plate of a painting of St Catherine (attributed to Raphael), then in the Arundel collection. On the table before him are etching needles, an engraving tool, a bottle of acid and other tools of his trade; in the distance is a view of his native city Prague.
Cat. 17