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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Portrait of a woman, head and shoulders slightly turned to left, with curly hair falling over her shoulders tied with a string of pearls at the back, wearing pearl necklace and shoulder wrap with jewel joining double lace flounce in the front.
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Title: Head of a woman wearing pearls with curled hair
Series/Portfolio: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels : Thirteen plates (New Hollstein 370-382)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1642
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (9.6 × 9.3 cm) with thread margins in places
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.253
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