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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1906
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Ludovico Mazzolino (c. 1480 - c. 1530)
After Parmigianino, Italian (Parma, Italy 1503 - 1540 Casalmaggiore, Italy)
Title
Bust of a Youg Woman with an Elaborate Headdress, Looking Down
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Female Head
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274317

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6.4 × 4.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner, brown ink: 24
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1906
  • inscription: verso, graphite: P. 1611 / "Weiblicher Kopf / nach Mazulino" / "links oben: Mazulino inu. / W. Hollar fecit." / Dritte des Platte 1.10" / Höhe 2.3" / Geissler Sale No. 743. / 1 Thl. 6 pfg
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: J M frederick Geissler / graveur a Nuremberg / 1841. [Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler (Lugt 1072)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Parth. No= 1611.

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii?/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 756, Pennington 1611

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1906
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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