Helmeted head
Head and shoulders of a warrior with mustache and beard, in profile to the left, wearing a plumed helmet with scalloped edge, surmounted by eagle's head. Copy in reverse by Franciis Place after Hollar's etching.
Artwork Details
- Title: Helmeted head
- Series/Portfolio: Helmeted heads in profile after Parmigianino : Six plates (New Hollstein 761-766)
- Etcher: Francis Place (British, 1647–1728 York)
- Artist: After Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
- Date: 1662–78
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 2 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (6.8 × 5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.18-66
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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