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Wenceslaus Hollar

1607 - 1677

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Wenceslaus Hollar (23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar; and to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar (Czech: [ˈvaːtslav ˈɦolar]). He is particularly noted for his engravings and etchings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wenceslaus Hollar has received more than 181,448 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Wenceslaus Hollar is the 633rd most popular painter (down from 560th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 186th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 633 out of 1,421. Before him are Mattia Preti, Charles Gleyre, Oswald Achenbach, Paolo Veneziano, Julio González, and Balthasar van der Ast. After him are Tadeusz Kantor, Altichiero, Louis Anquetin, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Jules Dupré, and Giovanni Battista Moroni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 9. Before him are Madeleine de Scudéry, Jan Lievens, Anna Maria van Schurman, Zhu Yousong, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Antoine Gombaud. After him are Paul Gerhardt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Antonio Barberini, Song Si-yeol, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst. Among people deceased in 1677, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 6. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, Jan van Riebeeck, Angelus Silesius, Isaac Barrow, and Barbara Strozzi. After him are Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Aert van der Neer, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Cambert, and James Harrington.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 208 out of 973. Before him are Antonín Puč (1907), David Popper (1843), Martin of Opava (1300), Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Egon Kisch (1885). After him are Ivan Klíma (1931), Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia (950), Vladimír Menšík (1929), Victor Kugler (1900), and Alois Eliáš (1890).

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Among PAINTERS In Czechia

Among painters born in Czechia, Wenceslaus Hollar ranks 4. Before him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), and František Kupka (1871). After him are Toyen (1902), Anna Chromý (1940), Gabriel von Max (1840), Emil Orlík (1870), Zdeněk Burian (1905), Mikoláš Aleš (1852), Max Švabinský (1873), and Petr Brandl (1668).

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