[Collection of fashion accessories]
Antwerp,
1647.
Etching.
110 by 205mm. (4.25 by 8 inches).
18644
notes:
During the 1640s, Hollar produced a series of still life etchings with a focus on fashion, perhaps to complement his other contemporary series on women's dress and his female personifications. The present examplle features a selection of luxury accessories including fur muffs, a lace handkerchief, a fan, gloves, a pin-cushion, gauntlets and a mask.
Monteyne has hypothesised that the muff plays a symbolic role in Hollar's work:
"The fur muff in these e...
Monteyne has hypothesised that the muff plays a symbolic role in Hollar's work:
"The fur muff in these e...
bibliography:
Monteyne, J. 'Enveloping Objects: Allegory and Commodity Festish in Wenceslaus Hollar's Personifications of the Seasons and Fashion Still Lifes', Art History 29(3), 2006; NHG Hollar 799; Pennington 1951.
provenance:
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