H. Wenceslaus, Johann Friedrich Leonard, after Karel Sotnovsky Skreta, 1670

Title(s)

H. Wenceslaus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1927-135

Catalogue reference

• Archiv für die zeichnenden Künste 245

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2166

Artist

• print maker: Johann Friedrich Leonard (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Karel Sotnovsky Skreta (mentioned on object)

Place

Praag (possibly)

Dating

1670

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 234 mm × width 208 mm

What

• the martyr and duke of Bohemia, Wencesla(u)s; possible attributes: bunch of grapes, knight's armour, ducal hat, lance, shield, sword, wine press
• flags (~ signalling)

Acquisition

unknown 1927

Copyright

Public domain

• Archiv für die zeichnenden Künste : mit besonderer Beziehung auf Kupferstecher- und Holzschneidekunst und ihre Geschichte, dl. 7-8, p. 194, cat.nr. 245
• Petra Zelenková, Johann Friedrich Leonart and the first mezzotints in Bohemia, in: Ars Linearis VII, Prague 2017, pp. 46-55; pp. 134-138.