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Mulier Generosa Viennensis Austriaca: P.1715-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mulier Generosa Viennensis Austriaca
Translated as: Noble woman of Vienna
Theatrum Mulierum
Aula Veneris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (Lugt 1227), perhaps included in the 15 June and four following days 1891 sale, Sotheby's, London

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1642

Note

I/II.

School or Style

Prague
British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Sheet Height 108 mm Width 73 mm
Plate Height 98 mm Width 62 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: W. Hollar fec: 1642
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Mulier Generosa Viennensis Austrica:
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 90
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 1813
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: Lugt 1227

  • Text: Seymour Haden
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1715-1991
Primary reference Number: 85961
Parthey: 1813
Pennington: 1813 I/II
Lugt: 1227
The New Hollstein (German): 573

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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