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Half-length figure of a woman with her arms folded in front and wearing a pearl necklace: 31.I.4-551

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Half-length figure of a woman with her arms folded in front and wearing a pearl necklace
Ladies in octagonal frames

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Publisher: Stent, Peter

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Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1637

Note

Re-worked plate, with the octagonal frame added.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.I.4-551
Primary reference Number: 187590
Pennington: 1718
New Hollstein (German): 248 II/II
Globe: 544

Audit data

Created: Monday 21 May 2012 Updated: Saturday 19 February 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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