Woman with Low Decolletage amd Pearl Necklace, Her Hair in Loose Ringlets

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1913
People: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title: Woman with Low Decolletage amd Pearl Necklace, Her Hair in Loose Ringlets
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels
Alternate Title: Lady with Ribbons Tied to Her Curls
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1646
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/274192

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 9.4 × 9.6 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, lower left spandrel: WH[linked]ollar fec: / 1646
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1913
inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P1912

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv/iv
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 704, Pennington 1912

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1913
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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