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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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A woman with long curly hair, shown nearly half-length in three-quarter profile to left, wearing a houpette, veil, transparent shoulder wrap over low-cut laced bodice, trimmed with scalloped lace.
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Title: Woman with houpette on forehead turned to left
Series/Portfolio: Women's Heads Framed in Roundels : Thirteen plates (New Hollstein 370-382)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1643
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions:
Plate: 4 1/16 × 3 11/16 in. (10.3 × 9.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (10.8 x 9.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Van Horne Norrie, 1917
Accession Number: 17.34.8
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