400 years from the Birthday of Vaclav Hollar

Number by catalogue:  Yvert: BF24   Scott: 3351  

Perforation type: 11 ¾x11 ¾

Subject:

35 crowns. Vaclav Hollar's self-portrait on the stamp is represented.

On labels and fields of the souvenir sheet engravings of the artist are used.

In the bottom of the souvenir sheet - a view of Prague from height of bird's flight. It is possible to see the Old Town mills (see a fragment).

Additional:

*Václav Hollar, known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar (13 July 1607 - 25 March 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Prague, and died in London, being buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster.

 

Hollar produced a variety of works; his plates number some 2740, and include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still life in many different forms. His architectural drawings, such as those of Antwerp and Strassburg cathedrals, and his views of towns, are to scale, but are intended as pictures as well. He reproduced decorative works of other artists, as in the famous chalice after Mantegna's drawing.

Almost complete collections of Hollar's work are kept in the British Museum and the print room at Windsor Castle. Hollar's oeuvre was first catalogued in 1745 (2nd ed. 1759) by George Vertue. The prints were subsequently catalogued in 1853 by Gustav Parthey and in 1982 by Richard Pennington. A new complete illustrated catalogued will be included in the Hollstein series. Much of his work is available online from the University of Toronto in their Wenceslaus Hollar digital collection.

 

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This information has been taken from Wikipedia

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 115x120