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Summer
1644
plate 2 from the Whole-length women as allegories of The four seasons series 1643–44
Medium
etching
Measurements
24.3 × 17.9 cm (image) 26.5 × 18.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within 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 439; Pennington 607; Parthey 607
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W: Hollar inu: et fecit, Londini 1644
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 2
printed in ink l.c.: Summer
printed in ink l.l.: Now Phoebus, crowns our Sumer dayes / With stronger heate and brighter rayes
printed in ink l.r.: Her louely neck, and brest are bare, / Whilst her fann doth coole the Ayre.
Accession Number
2290.2-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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