Woman with string of pearls in her hair looking downwards to right
Head of a young woman, directed to right, tilted to look down, her hair in a bun, wearing a pearl headdress.
Artwork Details
- Title: Woman with string of pearls in her hair looking downwards to right
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1645
- Medium: Etching; only state
- Dimensions: Plate: 2 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (5.6 × 3.8 cm)
narrow margins all around - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.18-41
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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