Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da iyalinsa ya lalace ta hanyar
Sack na Prague a cikin Yakin Shekaru talatin, matashi Hollar, wanda aka ƙaddara don aikin lauya, ya yanke shawarar zama mai zane. Na farko daga cikin ayyukansa da suka zo mana sune 1625 da 1626; ƙananan faranti ne, kuma ɗayansu kwafin "Budurwa da Child" ne ta Dürer, wanda tasirinsa ga aikin Hollar ya kasance mai girma. A cikin 1627 ya kasance a Frankfurt inda ya zama mai koyon aiki ga mashahurin masanin zane-zane Matthäus Merian. A cikin 1630 ya zauna a Strasbourg, Mainz da Koblenz, inda Hollar ya zana garuruwa, manyan gidaje, da shimfidar wurare na tsakiyar kwarin Rhine. A shekara ta 1633 ya koma Cologne.