Wenceslaus HollarCzech, English, 1607–1677Mulier Coloniensis bonae qualitatis
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Where is “Mulier Coloniensis bonae qualitatis” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Een Keulse vrouw van stand, gekleed in een huik die bestaat uit een cape, bevestigd aan een rond hoedje met een stokje met pluim. Onder de huik een lijfje met enkellange rok. Het lijfje heeft een lang schootje en mouwen met manchetten van kant, waarboven een brede plooikraag. Handschoenen in de hand.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-11.502
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Wenceslaus Hollar
The whole life4 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.
![Bride, from "Dance of Death", Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP822840.jpg)
