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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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A Parisian laborers's wife standing whole length to left, looking towards the viewer, with hands folded; wearing a cap, broad collar, low-cut bodice, apron over skirt with decorated border, keys and knife suspended from her waist.
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Title: Laborer's Wife from Paris (Opificis Parisiensis Uxor)
Series/Portfolio: Theatrum Mulierum: Title and forty plates (New Hollstein 487-527)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1643
Medium: Etching; first state of four
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.1 × 6 cm) cut on platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.81
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