A study of a muff

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[Five angles of a muff]

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HOLLAR, W[enceslaus]
[Antwerp[,
1645-46.
Etching.
78 by 130mm. (3 by 5 inches).
18645

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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 example is a study in still-life, showing a muff from five different angles. Monteyne has hypothesised that this item plays a symbolic role in Hollar's work:

"The fur muff in these etchings is shown to be an enigmatic entity, not only intersecting with issues re...

bibliography:

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 796 I; Pennington 1952.