H. Barbara, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein (II), 1647

Title(s)

H. Barbara

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.146

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 931
• Pennington 176

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hans Holbein (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1647

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 204 mm × width 127 mm

What

• the virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon(ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer, Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 215, cat.nr. 931
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 22, cat.nr. 176