Ciuis Coloniensis Vxor, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Wenceslaus HollarCzech, English, 1607–1677

Ciuis Coloniensis Vxor

1643 · Costume print

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Where is “Ciuis Coloniensis Vxor” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

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About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Burgervrouw uit Keulen, staand naar rechts, gehuld in een huik met klein, plat, rond hoedje voorzien van opstaande staak met pluim en een ruime, fijn geplooide cape. Grote, dikke plooikraag. Heuplang jak afgezet met bont waarin een lange, vooruitstekende borst met sluiting middenvoor. Enkellange rok boven de zoom versierd met horizontale banden. Gerimpeld, lang wit schort dat over het jak maar onder het vooruitstekende deel van de borst wordt gedragen. Open schoenen met lage hak. Aan de linkerarm een gevlochten mand met deksel en hengsel (voor de markt?).

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number: RP-P-OB-11.500

What it shows

Europeans: Germans (+ women)Women's huiks Women's clothing Women's shoes and sandals Named women's neckwear Carrying bags and baskets Plant-fiber baskets Women's dresses Women's aprons Cologne

In the catalog

Prints Baroque 17th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

In the life of Wenceslaus Hollar

The whole life

4 July 1641
Marries a lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Norfolk
On 4 July 1641 he marries Tracy, a lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Norfolk; they have two children.
by 1642
Enters the service of the Duke of York
By 1642 Arundel had left England, and Hollar passed into the service of the Duke of York, taking his young family with him.
1643–1644
Endures the siege of Basing House with fellow royalist artists
With other royalist artists, notably Inigo Jones and the engraver William Faithorne, he stands the long siege of Basing House; some hundred plates by his hand are dated 1643 and 1644. The Civil War, despite his productivity, adversely affected his income.
1645
Captured by parliamentary forces, he escapes
Hollar joins the Royalist Regiment and is captured by parliamentary forces in 1645 during the siege of Basing House; after a short time he manages to escape.

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