Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607–1677) was a master of etched detail and atmospheric precision. Born in Prague and later based in London, he captured the texture of 17th-century life - its fashions, ruins, fauna, and cities - with obsessive clarity and wit. His prints, from sweeping panoramas to delicate studies of lace, function like time capsules: observational, exacting, and strangely alive. A chronicler of his era with a needle-sharp stylus.
