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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1925
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Woman with Houpette on Her Forehead Turned to Left
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels
Alternate Title: Citizen's Wife of Antwerp
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1643
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274238

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.1 × 9.3 cm (4 × 3 11/16 in.)
sheet: 17.9 × 13.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/16 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)]
  • inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: P. 1944.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1925

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 379, Pennington 1944

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1925
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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