The head and shoulders of a woman looking to the left who wears her hair combed back and braided; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.

  • Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612.
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1590-1599
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32167i
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view The head and shoulders of a woman looking to the left who wears her hair combed back and braided; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.

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The head and shoulders of a woman looking to the left who wears her hair combed back and braided; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1590-1599

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 11.8 x 9.7 cm

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Bears number: 15

References note

Manfred Sellink, 'Philips Galle als uitgever van prenten aan het einde van de zestiende eeuw', De zeventiende eeuw, 1992, p. 17 (impressions in the Münchener Stadtmuseum)
Ger Luiten, 'Frills and furbelows: satires on fashion and pride around 1600', Simiolus: Netherlands quarterly for the history of art, 1996, 24: 140-160 (impressions in the Royal Library Albert I, Brussels)

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Wellcome Collection 32167i

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