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The wife of a merchant from Prague

Wenceslaus HOLLAR
The wife of a merchant from Prague
(Mercatoris Pragensis Vxor)
 1642
from the Theatrum Mulierum / Aula Veneris series (1640s-1650)

Medium
etching

Measurements
9.1 × 6.0 cm (plate) 9.8 × 6.5 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 1808; Pennington 1808 ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: Ein Veornehme Bur= / gers order Kauffmās / fraw zu Prag. 1636
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W Hollar / 1642
printed in ink below image l.c.: Mercatoris Pargensis Vxor

Accession Number
2167J-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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