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Margaret Griggs (Woman in a fur bonnet, profile to the left)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Hans Holbein the Younger German
Sitter Margaret Griggs British

1648

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Portrait of a young woman, believed to be Margaret Giggs; head and shoulders to left, head in three-quarter profile, wearing a fur cap covering her ears; in reverse.

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Title: Margaret Griggs (Woman in a fur bonnet, profile to the left)

Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)

Sitter: Margaret Griggs (British, 1508–1570 Mechelin)

Date: 1648

Medium: Etching; only state

Dimensions: Plate: 2 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (7.3 × 5 cm) ct on the platemark

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.81.3.282

Chronology

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600-1800 A.D.

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