Wife of a Hannover Merchant (Mercantoris Hanauiensis Uxor)

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian

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A merchant's wife from Hanover standing whole length slightly to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a rose in her right hand; wearing a lace-trimmed cap and stiff ruff, dark bodice, lace-trimmed apron over skirt with striped border, purse and knife suspended from a cord around her waist.

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