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Earth
(Terra)
(1622)
plate 1 from the Four elements series
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
17.3 × 28.0 cm (image) 19.8 × 29.3 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 18 iii/iv
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: J.V.Velde. fec G. Valk excudebat
printed in ink l.l.: Terra suas ostentat opes, et munera ruris / Setigeros que suos, ruricolos que boves.
printed in ink l.c.: TERRA
printed in ink l.c.r.: Donaque largitur que mittit divite cultu / Vel fæcunda Hales vel rubicunda Ceres. WB (monogram) 1
Accession Number
1278.188.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
cattle Earth (allegorical character) Four Elements (allegorical characters) markets (events) street vendors