Woman of Cologne (Mulier Coloniensis)

1643
Not on view
A woman of Cologne walking in profile to left, carrying a houpette and cloak in her right hand and gloves in the left, wearing a lace-trimmed cap, ruff, bodice, apron and folded fabric over skirt with decorated border.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman of Cologne (Mulier Coloniensis)
  • Series/Portfolio: Theatrum Mulierum: Title and forty plates (New Hollstein 487-527)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1643
  • Medium: Etching, first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.1 × 6 cm)
    cut on the platemark at sides and c. 2 mm in height
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.109
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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