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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Portrait of a woman, nearly half-length to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing a lace-trimmed cap with pearl hanging from pin at left, and stiff broad collar and bodice with leaf pattern.
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Title: Woman with stiff transparent collar and pin thrust in hair turned slightly to left
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; cut impresssion, state not known
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (9 × 9.2 cm)
cut within the platemark and text possible cut below roundel.
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.38
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