Burgher's Wife of Zurich (Matrona Tiguriensis / Ein Burgers Weib zu Zurich)
A woman from Zurich standing whole length to right with hands folded, looking to left; wearing a cap, ruff, dark robe over light skirt with striped border, pomander hanging from a cord around her waist.
Artwork Details
- Title: Burgher's Wife of Zurich (Matrona Tiguriensis / Ein Burgers Weib zu Zurich)
- Series/Portfolio: Aula Veneris: Title and fifty plates (New Hollstein 571-621)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1649
- Medium: Etching; first state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9 × 5.5 cm)
cut within platemark c. 2 mm in height and width - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.145
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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