Head of a woman with a black lace kerchief head-dress and hair tied in a black ribbon
A young woman with fair curly hair in ringlets, tied with black bows, shown nearly half-length to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing a small black kerchief on her head, necklace with cross pendant, white shoulder wrap fastened with jewel on bow, over dark laced bodice; in an oval, against dark background.
Artwork Details
- Title: Head of a woman with a black lace kerchief head-dress and hair tied in a black ribbon
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Date: 1648
- Medium: Etching; only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (11.1 × 10 cm)
cut on the platemark in width but 19 mm in height - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.276
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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