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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Portrait of a woman, head and shoulders slightly turned to left, with straight hair, wearing pearl earrings, dark wide-brimmed hat, pleated ruff and shoulder wrap trimmed with lace, chain around her shoulder fastened with jewel and bow.
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Title: Woman with broad-rimmed hat, ruff and wide lace collar
Series/Portfolio: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels : Twenty-three plates (New Hollstein 694-716)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 9.5 cm) cut on and within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.248
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