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Margaret Griggs (Woman in a fur bonnet, profile to the left)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Sitter Margaret Griggs British
1648
Not on view
Portrait of a young woman, considered to be Margaret Giggs; head and shoulders to left, head in three-quarter profile, wearing a fur cap covering her ears; in reverse after Hans Holbein the Younger

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Margaret Griggs (Woman in a fur bonnet, profile to the left)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Sitter: Margaret Griggs (British, 1508–1570 Mechelin)
  • Date: 1648
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.2 × 5 cm)
    cut fractionally within platemark at left and top;
    right corner clipped
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2098
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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