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A Muff in Five Views

Artist Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
Place of OriginBohemia (Czech Republic)
Date1645-1646
Dimensions3 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (7.9 × 13 cm)
Mediumetching
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineWinthrop H. Perry Collection
Object number
1921.6
Not on View
Label TextThough the depiction of fur clothing was common in paintings from this period, the precision required to incise realistic fur into a copper etching plate made etchings like this a tour de force of technique. Printmaker Wenceslaus Hollar completed a series of fashion images which included furs, as well as a number of striking still life prints that focused solely on the depiction of fur muffs. This particular example of Hollar’s work gives some suggestion of the fashion prints, showing the muffs on the arms of a vaguely defined figure, but the furs themselves are obviously the primary subject.Published ReferencesParthey, Gustav, Wenzel Hollar : Beschreibendes verzeichniss seiner kupferstiche, Berlin, Nicolai, 1853, no. 1952, p. 426.

Vertue, XIII, 17.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Patterns for the Eye, Jan. 6-Mar. 23, 1997.

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