Mulier Generosa Anglica

1644

Wenceslaus Hollar

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

The image is an illustration of a woman standing. She has a composed expression, visible eyebrows and is looking ahead. Her hair is styled in an updo with curls falling around her face. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a fitted bodice, square neckline, full skirt, and sash at the waist. One hand holds part of the fabric. The background is plain. Writing in the top right corner reads "Ein Englische vom Adel 164" and "Mulier Generosa Anglica" is at the bottom of the illustration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5038

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 591, State ii/iii


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. 591, state ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65026528

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