G1922: Woamn witha Large Circular Fur Hat and Lace Ruff

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1922

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)

Title

Woamn witha Large Circular Fur Hat and Lace Ruff

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels
Alternate Title: Woman of Strassbourg with Globular Cap

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1643

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274610

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 10.1 × 9.4 cm (4 × 3 11/16 in.)
sheet: 18 × 13.7 cm (7 1/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower left spandrel: W. Hollar fecit / Londini 1643
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
• watermark: center right, cut off: Foolscap
• inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P: 1935.
• collector's mark: vers, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1922

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 381, Pennington 1935

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1922

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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