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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Portrait of a woman with straight hair and fringe, bust-length, directed slightly to left, with head turned to look to right; wearing single row pearl necklace with drop pearl and low square-cut gown with ribbon tied round her waist in a bow and smaller bow with jewel at her breast.
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Title: Head of a lady with a pearl necklace and a bow set with a jewel at her breast
Series/Portfolio: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels : Thirty-seven unnumbered plates, no title
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1639
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Plate: 3 15/16 × 3 11/16 in. (10 × 9.4 cm)
with thread margins except at the left where cut on the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.245
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