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Pieter Van Der Heyden (engraver)
Pieter Bruegel the elder (after)
Summer (Aestas) 1568-1570
engraving
22.0 × 28.1 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1975
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Summer
(Aestas)
1568-1570
from The Seasons series, published by Hieronymous Cook, Antwerp, 1570
Medium
engraving
Measurements
22.0 × 28.1 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1975
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein III.202 i/ii; Hollstein IX.64 i/ii; Bastelaer 202
Edition
1st of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Cock excu. Bruegel inuet.
printed in ink l.l.: Julius, Augustus, nec non et Junius Aestas.
printed in ink l.c.: AESTAS / Adoles centie imago / imago
printed in ink l.r.: Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida messeis.
Accession Number
P14-1975
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Agriculture Landscapes Nature
Subjects (specific)
cropland drinking harvesters (people in agriculture) harvesting scythes seasons summer (season) Sun (star)
Movements
Renaissance