G1917: Woman with Circular Ruff, Bonnet, and Hair-Pin, in Profile to Right

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1917

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Woman with Circular Ruff, Bonnet, and Hair-Pin, in Profile to Right

Other Titles

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

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1645

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274605

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 × 13.5 cm (7 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left spandrel: W. Hollar fecit / 1645.
• watermark: center right: partial Foolscap
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: AckermanDr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a double circular borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P: 1921.
• collector's mark: purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1917

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 698, Pennington 1921

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1917

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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