Young Basel Woman (Virgo Basiliensis)
A girl from Basel standing whole length slightly to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing a tall conical hat, waistcoat with shoulder pads, laced bodice, her left hand holding ribbons hanging from behind; first state, before German title.
Artwork Details
- Title: Young Basel Woman (Virgo Basiliensis)
- Series/Portfolio: Aula Veneris: Title and fifty plates (New Hollstein 571-621)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1644
- Medium: Etching; first state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.8 cm)
 cut within platemark c. 2 mm in height and width
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.144
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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