Mulier Augustana, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Title(s)

Mulier Augustana (title on object)
Vrouw uit Augsburg
Aula Veneris (series title)
Europese klederdrachten (series title)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.487

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 583
• Pennington 1821

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Vrouw uit Augsburg, in profiel naar links, met hoed met taps toelopende hoge bol en brede rand met hoedband en rozet. Brede dubbele plooikraag. Nauwsluitend lijf met bragoenen en wijde mouwen. Rok rondom gerimpeld. Afhangende ceintuur.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1643 and/or 1644

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 93 mm × width 58 mm

What

• neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)
• clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)
• skirt (+ women's clothes)
• head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes)
• belt, girdle, waistband (+ women's clothes)
• Europeans: Germans

When

• 1640 - 1644

Where

• Augsburg

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. II, p. 222, cat.nr. 583
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 299, cat.nr. 1821