Woman with circular lace collar and bodkin in her hair
Plate 6 from 'Reisbüchlein' (Little Travel Book). Portrait of a woman, nearly half-length, directed to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing a cap, bodkin in her hair, ruff and ornate bodice.
Artwork Details
- Title: Woman with circular lace collar and bodkin in her hair
- Series/Portfolio: Reisbüchlein (Little Travel Book): Twenty-four etchings (New Hollstein 148-171)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Publisher: Abraham Hogenberg (German, Cologne 1579/90–after 1656 Cologne)
- Date: 1636
- Medium: Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions: Plate: 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.7 × 5.3 cm) cut on platemark
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.10
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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