Lady Butts

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Sitter Margaret, Lady Butts British
1649
Not on view
Portrait of Lady Margaret Butts, bust-length to right, wearing a dark hood over headdress with pearl edge, fur stole, small jacket, bodice, and blouse with frilled collar; after Hans Holbein.

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  • Title: Lady Butts
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Sitter: Margaret, Lady Butts (British, ca. 1485–1545)
  • Date: 1649
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in. (13.4 × 9 cm) cut within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.199
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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