Des Herrn Maiors oder Burgemeisters Fraw von London D:ni Maioris sive Praetoris Uxoris hab

Maker:

Hollar, Wenceslaus

ID:

2002.139/241

Production date:

1649

Location:

In Store

Figure of a woman, inscribed, Des Herrn Maiors oder Burgemeisters Fraw von London/D:ni Maioris sive Praetoris Uxoris hab:, and W Hollar fecit 1649, by W Hollar, Aula Veneris, 1649.  < ...Read more

Figure of a woman, inscribed, Des Herrn Maiors oder Burgemeisters Fraw von London/D:ni Maioris sive Praetoris Uxoris hab:, and W Hollar fecit 1649, by W Hollar, Aula Veneris, 1649.

The woman is the wife of the Mayor of London. She is wearing a lace-trimmed ruff and kerchief. Her gown is pinned back to show her underskirt. She is holding a feather fan.

The maker of this print is Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 – 1677), a draughtsman and etcher from Prague. Mainly active in Germany, he visited the Netherlands in 1634 and joined the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel in 1636. The earl brought the artist to London where he focused mainly on book-illustration and cartography. He joined Lord Henry Howard in his expedition to Tangiers, but afterwards continued his work as an illustrator. He died in London in reduced circumstances.

British Museum Online Catalogue, Wenceslaus Hollar. Print Museum Number: Q,5.151.

Colas, R., Bibliographie Générale du Costume et de la Mode. Description des suites, recueils, séries, revues et livres Français et étrangers relatifs au costume civil, militaire et religieux, aux modes, aux coiffures et aux divers accessoires de l’habillement, avec une table méthodique et un index alphabétique, Paris 1933, entry 1465; 1466; 1467. < Hide

Measurements

H 90 mm; W 55 mm (paper), H 110 mm; W 65 mm (paper support)

Materials

paper; ink

Last Updated

2024-03-26