Matrona Bernensis

1644-1650

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image shows a woman in profile, wearing a tall hat and a long gown. Her hands are clasped in front of her body. The background is plain, and there is text above and below the figure identifying her as "Ein Burgerfraw zu Bern" and "Matrona-Bernensis."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5007

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 620, State i?/iv

  • Series Title

    Theatrum mulierum and Aula Veneris [Pennington 1804-1907]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 620, state i?/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65026463

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