Opificis Paisiensis Vxor, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Title(s)

Opificis Paisiensis Vxor (title on object)
Theatrum Mulierum (series title)
Europese vrouwen in klederdracht (series title)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.523

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 516-1(4)
• Pennington 1873-1(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Vrouw uit Parijs, iets naar links gekeerd, een platte donkere muts op het hoofd, de handen gevouwen voor de buik. Aan haar ceintuur hangt een sleutelbos.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1643

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 91 mm × width 60 mm

What

• Europeans (FRENCHMEN) (+ women)
• fashion plates
• neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)
• head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes)
• clothing for the upper part of the body (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)
• apron (+ women's clothes)
• skirt (+ women's clothes)
• belt, girdle, waistband (+ women's clothes)
• other clothing accessories (KEYS) (+ women's clothes)
• key ~ furniture

When

• 1630 - 1650

Where

• Paris

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. II, p. 162, cat.nr. 516
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 303, cat.nr. 1873