Woman of Lower Palatine (Mulier Ex Inferiori Palatinatu)

1643
Not on view
A woman of Lower Palatinate standing whole length very slightly to left, her left arm bent, with hand on stomach; wearing a fur cap, ruff, dark laced bodice with slashed sleeves, and apron over skirt.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman of Lower Palatine (Mulier Ex Inferiori Palatinatu)
  • 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 four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.3 × 6.1 cm)
    cut on the platemark, many losses
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.112
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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