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A city woman from Prague

Wenceslaus HOLLAR
A city woman from Prague
(Civis Pragensis filia)
 1643
from the Theatrum Mulierum / Aula Veneris series (1640s-1650)

Medium
etching

Measurements
9.4 × 6.1 cm (plate) 10.3 × 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 1811; Pennington 1811 ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: Ein Burgers Doch / ter zu Prag, 1636
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar fec: 1643
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.c.: Civis Pragensis filia

Accession Number
2167I-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Worlds in Miniature

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