G1908: Young Woman with Scalloped Collar in Profile to Right

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1908

People

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Jan Hermansz van Bijlert, Dutch (Utrecht c. 1597 - 1671 Utrecht)

Title

Young Woman with Scalloped Collar in Profile to Right

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Reisbüchlein (Small Travel Book, 1636)
Alternate Title: Female Bust with Double-Tongued Neckerchief

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274208

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 6.8 × 5.2 cm (2 11/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, upper background, left and right: I. Felix-Biler inu: W. Hollar fec: 1636.
• collector's mark: verso, red ink: frederic Geissler / graveur à Nuremberg / 1842 . [Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler (Lugt 1072)]
• inscription: verso, graphite: Parth. No. 1656. / Frauen Brustbild nach Biler / mit doppelt gelapptem Halstuch. / G's sale No. 746 / 1 Th. 8 Ng.
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1908

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 156, Pennington 1656

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1908

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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