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Object Type
print
Museum number
1948,0315.8.111
Description
Saint Barbara; standing, full length, in profile to the left; wearing a crown with plaited hair, and ermine-trimmed robe; holding a chalice with a round wafer in left hand; a lake, cliffs and a castle in background; after Holbein. 1647 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Wenceslaus Hollar
After:
Hans Holbein the Younger
School/style
British
Bohemian
German
Production date
1647
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
188 millimetres
Width:
120 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Pennington claims there is no justification for the identification of Anne Boleyn in this print, which is also given in the Strawberry Hill catalogue.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(931)
(Hollar)
Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar
(176)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
St Barbara
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Hermann Marx
Acquisition date
1948
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1948,0315.8.111