G1912: Young Woman with SideCurls Seen from Behind to Left
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G1912
- People
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
- Title
- Young Woman with SideCurls Seen from Behind to Left
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Hollar's Wife, Back View
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1645
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/274318
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 8.4 × 5.9 cm (3 5/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, to right of figure: W. Hollar fecit / 1645
- inscription: verso, brown ink: fred. Geissler graveur / a Nberg 1843 [Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler (Lugt 1072)]
- inscription: verso, graphite: Parth. No. 1717 / Hollar's Frau vom Rücken / G's sale No. 749. / 1 Th. 8 Nq
- inscription: verso, graphite: 1 fc[?]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 788, Pennington 1717
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G1912
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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