Untitled (Laura facing left)
1660. Etching. Inscribed upper left, Giorgione: inu: W. Hollar fecit 1660. 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches. Trimmed to neat line. Striking portrait of an elegant woman shown half-length to left, with long dark hair parted in the middle and held in fabric, wearing a thin drop necklace, and a low-cut bodice fastened by ribbons, in a patterned fabric with puffed sleeves. Her arms are crossed below the bust. After Italian painter Giorgione. Wenceslaus Hollar also known as Wenzel Hollar..... More