Wenzel Hollar Wenceslaus Hollar - Tomb of Sir Simon Burley

Tomb of Sir Simon Burley

Wenzel Hollar original etching, "Tomb of Sir Simon Burley", is 'First State' impression printed upon mid 17th Century hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in Sir William Dugdale's "History of St. Paul's Cathedral" in 1658. Hollar designed the entire composition, rendering burley's coats-of-arms in the upper portion and depicting the actual architecture of the tomb. "Tomb of Sir Simon Burley" is signed in the plate by Wenzel Hollar, (Wenceslaus Hollar) along the lower margin.

Original Etching by the Czech / British artist, Wenceslaus Hollar 'Wenzel Hollar'.

Tomb of Sir Simon Burley

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Wenceslaus Hollar 'Wenzel Hollar' (Prague, 1607 - London, 1677)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		Questo e Pietro Aretino, Poeta Tosco (This is the Tuscan Poet, Pietro Aretino) by Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar) designed by Titian, 'Tiziano Vecellio'	Original Etching	1647	Richard Pennington, Catalogue # P1346, First State of Two.	Sold
02.-		Portrait of John Clench by Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)	Original Etching	1664	Richard Pennington, Catalogue # P1376, Second State of Two, with the Cap outlined with Burin.	Sold
03.-		The Habit of a Bishop by Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)	Original Etching	1732	Richard Pennington, Catalogue # 1994, Second State of Two, with the addition of the number '8' by Bowles in 1732.	Sold
04.-		Tomb of Sir Simon Burley by Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)	Original Etching	1658	Richard Pennington, Catalogue # 2254, First State of Two.	Sold
05.-		Tomb of Sir William Herbert by Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)	Original Etching	1658	Richard Pennington, Catalogue # 2324A, First and only State.	Sold

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Title:	Tomb of Sir Simon Burley
Artist:	Hollar, Wenceslaus 'Wenzel Hollar' (Prague, 1607 - London, 1677)
Date:	1658
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Wenzel Hollar 'Wenceslaus Hollar': One of Europe's greatest original etchers of the seventeenth century, Wenzel Hollar first studied under Matthaus Merian in Prague. Shortly after 1636, the touring Earl of Arundel employed Hollar as his topographical engraver, and later invited the artist to return to his English estate with him. With the exception of a one year absence, Wenzel Hollar spent the remainder of his life in England, leaving a masterful artistic record of the times and of his talents. Wenzel Hollar's art covers portrait, illustrative, costume, topographical and architectural subjects. Today he is regarded as a master etcher in all these fields.
	*Tomb of Sir Simon Burley* was commissioned for Sir William Dugdale's, History of St. Paul's Cathedral, first published in 1658. Wenzel Hollar designed the entire composition, rendering burley's coats-of-arms in the upper portion and depicting the actual architecture of the tomb in St. Paul's in the remaining two thirds of the plate. Most of Hollar's art combines great detail and clarity with strong artistic effects and this original etching certainly is no exception.
Raisonne:	Richard Pennington, A Descriptive Catalogue of The Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607 - 1677, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982. p. 343. Catalogue # 2254, First State of Two.
	Pennington writes that a later edition of the Tomb of Sir Simon Burley (The Second State) was published. The later impressions are easy to identify as the number '102' contained in the upper left corner, has been changed to '104'.
Source:	Sir William Dugdale's, History of St. Paul's Cathedral
Size:	11 X 7 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon mid Seventeenth Century hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published 1658 in Dugdale's History of St. Paul's Cathedral. Signed in the plate by Hollar along the lower margin. It is a finely printed impression from the First State and in excellent condition throughout. This is a fine, original example of one of Europe's greatest original etchers of the seventeenth century, Wenzel Hollar.
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Wenzel Hollar (Wenceslaus Hollar)

Tomb of Sir Simon Burley