G1916: Woman with a Circular Lace Ruff Turned Slightly to the Right

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1916

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Woman with a Circular Lace Ruff Turned Slightly to the Right

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels
Alternate Title: Female with Millstone Collar and Buttons on her Bodice

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1644

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274604

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 10.2 × 9.5 cm (4 × 3 3/4 in.)
sheet: 18 × 13.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left spandrel: W. Hollar fecit, / Antuerpiæ, 1644,
• watermark: center right: partial Foolscap
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a double circular borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P: 1920.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [GrayCollection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1916

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/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 695, Pennington 1920

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1916

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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