5517 - Hollar, Wenzel

Hollar, Wenzel Four Women’s Heads: Woman with an opulent lace collar and a hairpin sticking out; Young Woman with a cap and braided plaits; Young Woman facing left with her hair pinned up; Woman looking down, wearing a bonnet. 4 etchings. Each approx. 6.7 x 5.3 cm and 4.8 x 4.2 cm, respectively. Pennington 1653, 1657, 1622, and 1663; Turner (New Hollstein) 153, 157, 162, and 163, each I (of II). From the series “Reisbüchlein,” published in Cologne in 1636. All early impressions preceding the numbers. Excellent to magnificent and bold prints with a very fine edge around the strikingly defined facet; one sheet is minimally trimmed at the top left, just touching the facet. Minor signs of age, small mounting residues on the reverse; otherwise uniform and impeccably beautiful. One sheet bears a previously unidentified collector’s mark, G.P. (Lugt 1189a). Also included from the same series are three additional heads (NH 155, 156, and 169, each bearing the number and from the Bernhard Keller Collection, Lugt 384). - Please ask for condition reports for the lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.