A2048
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR Etching on Paper, English Lady with Wide-Brimmed Hat
$295.00 $148.00
DETAILS
An antique etching of an English lady with wide-brimmed hat and brocaded underskirt. She stands in profile; wearing a dark broad-rimmed hat, shoulder wrap with two rows of scalloped lace edge, apron and ornate underskirt, her gown partly raised and tucked under her folded hands.
SERIES
Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus
LITERATURE
Richard Pennington, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1796.1; The British Museum (Museum Number: Q,5.141)
FRAMING
Matted and unframed
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Europe
MAKER
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607–77)
MARKS
Signed in plate: (lower left) Hollar inu / 1640; (lower right) 19
PERIOD
Charles I (1625-49) | Mid 17th century
DATE
Dated 1640
DIMENSIONS
Width 11.5 Depth 0.5 Height 14 inches
Sight: Width 2.75 Height 5.25 inches
