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A Bohemian peasant woman

Wenceslaus HOLLAR
A Bohemian peasant woman
(Rustica Bohemica)
 1643
from the Theatrum Mulierum / Aula Veneris series (1640s-1650)

Medium
etching

Measurements
9.2 × 6.0 cm (plate) 10.4 × 7.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Parthey 1807; Pennington 1807 ii/iii or iii/iii

Edition
2nd or 3rd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: Ein Bohmishe / Bawrin (...illeg.)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar fec. 1643
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.c.: Rustica Bohemica

Accession Number
2167H-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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