Mulier Austriae superioris, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Title(s)

Mulier Austriae superioris (title on object)
Theatrum Mulierum (series title)
Europese vrouwen in klederdracht (series title)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.480

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 490-1(2)
• Pennington 1812-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Vrouw van aanzien uit Oostenrijk, het haar strak naar achteren, een geplooide kraag om de hals. Over de japon een korte schoudercape van bont.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1643

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 94 mm × width 61 mm

What

• Europeans (AUSTRIANS) (+ women)
• clothing for the upper part of the body (CAPE) (+ women's clothes)
• clothing for the upper part of the body (CAPE) (+ fur used for clothes)
• neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)
• head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes)
• skirt (+ women's clothes)
• apron (+ women's clothes)
• shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes)
• clothes, costume (+ women's clothes)

When

• 1630 - 1650

Where

• Austria

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, dl. II, p. 157, cat.nr. 490
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Richard Pennington, p. 298, cat.nr. 1812