Woman with shoulder-length curly hair, pearl necklace and a wide white collar
Portrait of a woman, head and shoulders to left, looking towards the viewer, with curly shoulder-length hair arranged in a bun at the back; wearing pearl earrings and necklace, broad collar with scalloped lace edge over bodice, decorated with jewels and bows.
Artwork Details
- Title: Woman with shoulder-length curly hair, pearl necklace and a wide white 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: Plate: 4 1/16 × 3 11/16 in. (10.3 × 9.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (10.4 × 9.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.259
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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