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Ritratto della Regina Catarina Cornara [graphic] / Palma pinxit ; W. Hollar fecit, 1650, ex collectione Iohan. & Iacobi van Veerle.

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.; Wyngaerde, Frans van den, 1614-1679, publisher.; Cardew, G. A., former owner.; Palma, il Vecchio, 1480?-1528, artist.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 238- 032

Title
Ritratto della Regina Catarina Cornara [graphic] / Palma pinxit ; W. Hollar fecit, 1650, ex collectione Iohan. & Iacobi van Veerle.
Variant title
Pennington title: Petrarch's Laura
Created/published
Antupiae [i.e. Antwerp] : F. van den Wyngarde excudit, [1650]
Description
1 print : etching ; image 220 x 188 mm
Associated name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Wyngaerde, Frans van den, 1614-1679, publisher.
Cardew, G. A., former owner.
Palma, il Vecchio, 1480?-1528, artist.
Material base
paper
Summary
Half length, half right; she stands behind a low wall on which rest her hands. She has thick blond hair falling behind her shoulders, and a striped dress with puffed sleeves. A jewelled chain is round her waist and another diagonally across her breast.--From Pennington.
Note
This is state 2 of 2 - first state has "La bella Laura del Petrarca" beneath image, which has been erased here and replaced with the title as above.
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1455
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 238- 032
Genre/form
Portraits, Female.
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.

Call number
ART 238- 032 (size S)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark. Two collector's stamps on verso, one is of G.A. Cardew.

Adopted by Douglas Lewis in memory of Carolyn Kolb, Acquisitions Night 1996.
Folger accession
238032

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