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Vittoria Colonna

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
1650
Not on view
Part of a bound album containing 92 drawings and prints of anonymous and famous women of Europe.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vittoria Colonna
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: after Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani) (Italian, Venice (?) 1485/86–1547 Rome)
  • Sitter: Vittoria Colonna Marchioness of Pescara (Italian, Marino 1492–1547 Rome)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 5/8 in. (36.3 × 27 cm)
    Plate: 10 1/16 x 7 1/8 in. (25.6 x 18.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Albums
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gifts in memory of Jacob Bean, and various donors, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.610(64)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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