Young women wearing a feathered cap
She wears a dark, flat cap tilted over her left eye, with a jeweled under-cap over her right ear. The upper part of the latter is covered with a bushy feather. She wears a sleeveless jacket, a stiff embroidered collar, and a double pearl necklace.
Artwork Details
- Title: Young women wearing a feathered cap
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1647
- Medium: Etching; second state of three (NH)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (13.3 × 8.9 cm) cut on and just within platemark
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.201
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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