Woman with circular lace ruff in profile to right

1645
Not on view
A woman with hair in plaited coils, nearly half-length, standing in profile to right, wearing a piece of fabric with floral pattern on her hair, ruff, and ornate gown.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman with circular lace ruff in profile to right
  • Series/Portfolio: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels : Twenty-three plates (New Hollstein 694-716)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1645
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 4 1/16 × 3 3/4 in. (10.3 × 9.6 cm)
    Sheet: 4 3/16 × 3 15/16 in. (10.6 × 10 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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