Terms and conditions of use
Winter
1641
plate 4 from the Three-quarter-length women as allegories of the four seasons series 1641
Medium
etching
Measurements
22.5 × 17.7 cm (image) 25.4 × 18.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 335 ii/ii; Pennington 613
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar inu: 1641
printed in ink l.l.: HYEMS / Cum deformis Hyems gelidas conſtrinxerit undas / Pectore, ne Sanguis torpeat hiſce tegor / Pellibus Armenÿs, et velis, vincimus auras, / (non gladio) et claro MVLCIBER Igne tuo,
printed in ink l.r.: WINTER, / Thus againſt winter wee our ſelues doe arme / and thinke you then the cold can doe us harme / but though it be to hard for this attire / yet wee'll orecome it not with ſword but fire
Accession Number
2211-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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