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Spring
1643
plate 1 from the Whole-length women as allegories of The four seasons series 1643–44
Medium
etching
Measurements
24.2 × 18.0 cm (image) 26.4 × 18.6 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 438 ii/ii; Pennington 606 ii/ii; Parthey 606
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W Hollar, inu. et fecit Londini 1643
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: I
printed in ink l.c.: Spring
printed in ink l.l.: Welcom sweet Lady you doe bring / Rich presents of a hopefull Spring
printed in ink l.r.: That makes the Earth to looke so greene / As when she first began to teeme
Accession Number
2290.1-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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