G1909: Head and Shoulders of a Woman with a Small Cap and White Collar

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1909

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Head and Shoulders of a Woman with a Small Cap and White Collar

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Reisbüchlein (Little Travel Book)
Alternate Title: Bust of a Female with a Flat Stomacher

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274209

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 4.8 × 4 cm (1 7/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, red ink: Frederic Geissler / graveur à Nuremberg / 1842 [Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler (Lugt 1072)]
• inscription: verso, graphite: Parth. No. 1664. / Frauenkopf mit / flachem Brusttuch / Br 1, 7,, H. 1, 11,, / G's sale N0- 747. / 20 Ng. / "ohne Hollar's [illeg.]"
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1909

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 164, Pennington 1664

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1909

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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