Lot 08
Václav Hollar (1607 - 1677) A LARGE VIEW OF PRAGUE

1649
copper engraving, paper
33 x 116 cm (h x w)
sign. in the plate: Wenceslaus Hollar

Starting price

45 000 CZK
| 1 875 €

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65 000 CZK
| 2 708 €

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A view of Prague from Petřín created in 1649 from drawings made in 1636, published in Merian's Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae in 1650. The engraving is now one of Hollar's iconic and collectible vedutas. Framed under anti-reflective glass with UV filter.