Lady with a Pomander on a Chain around Her Neck

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1348
People: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title: Lady with a Pomander on a Chain around Her Neck
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Ornatus Muliebris
Alternate Title: Woman with a Pomander at her Girdle
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1640
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/243430

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 13.4 × 7 cm (5 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, lower left: 9 Hollar inu: 1640.
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1348
inscription: verso, graphite: P 1786

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/ii
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 302, Pennington 1786

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1348
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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