Rural French Woman (Rustica Gallica )

1643
Not on view
A French country woman standing whole length to left with hands clasped, carrying a basket on her right arm; wearing a cap with streamers in the back, low-cut laced bodice with simple collar, and apron over patterned skirt with decorated border.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rural French Woman (Rustica Gallica )
  • Series/Portfolio: Theatrum Mulierum: Title and forty plates (New Hollstein 487-527)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1643
  • Medium: Etching; second state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9 × 5.8 cm) cut on and just witin the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.82
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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