Head of a woman wearing pearls with curled hair

1642

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (9.6 × 9.3 cm) with thread margins in places
Collection no.: 20.81.3.253
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Head of a woman wearing pearls with curled hair — Wenceslaus Hollar. 1642.

Medium: Etching; only state. Dimensions: Plate: 3 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (9.6 × 9.3 cm) with thread margins in places.

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1920.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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