Mulier Franconiensis
Medium
etching
Dimensions
93; 62
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
### Mulier Franconiensis enceslaus Hollar's *Mulier Franconiensis* (3) is a delicate etching capturing a Franconian woman, likely depicted in regional attire from the historic German region of Franconia. Measuring just 93mm high by 62mm wide, this intimate portrait exemplifies Hollar's mastery of printmaking during the Baroque era. A Bohemian artist who worked across Europe—including stints in England and Antwerp—this piece dates to his productive Antwerp period amid the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, when he produced numerous studies of women in national costumes. Hollar's etching techni...
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar · 1607–1677
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was a prolific Bohemian etcher who became one of the most accomplished printmakers of the seventeenth century. Born in Prague, he trained under Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt before entering the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in 1636. Hollar spent most of his career in England, where he produced approximately 2,740 etchings documenting an extraordinary range...