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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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A Swedish country woman walking in profile to right, carrying a basket full of vegetables with her left hand, wearing a fur-trimmed cap, ruff, laced bodice, and apron over skirt, touching a bunch of keys hanging together with a knife from a cord around her waist.
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Title: Swedish Peasant Woman (Mulier Sueuica Inferioris Conditionis)
Series/Portfolio: Aula Veneris: Title and fifty plates (New Hollstein 571-621)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1642
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Plate: 3 5/8 × 2 7/16 in. (9.2 × 6.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.129
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