G1911: Head and Shoulders of a Woman with a Veil and Diaphanous Neckwear

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1911

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Head and Shoulders of a Woman with a Veil and Diaphanous Neckwear

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Female Bust, with Neckerchief

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1645

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274566

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 6.6 × 5 cm (2 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
secondary support: 7.7 × 6.2 cm (3 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, upper left corner: W. Hollar fecit / 1645.
• inscription: lower right corner of secondary support, graphite: P 1708
• collector's mark: verso of secondary support, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1911
• inscription: verso of secondary support, graphite: P. 1708

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 784, Pennington 1708

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1911

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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