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Autumnus
The Four Seasons
Autumn
Autumnus
The Four Seasons
Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, about 1530–after March 1572)
After: Hans Bol (Netherlandish, 1534–1593)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Hans Bol (Netherlandish, 1534–1593)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1570
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.7 x 28.8 cm (8 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 x 31.3 cm (10 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 x 31.3 cm (10 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number33.559
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, after Hans Bol) 201, i / ii; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IX, Van der Heyden) 65, i / ii
State
I
DescriptionOne of two designs by Bruegel (Spring and Summer) for a Four Seasons series issued by Cock in 1570. Fall and Winter were designed by Hans Bol, although no drawings for these prints survive. All four were probably engraved by van der Heyden, although only Spring bears his monogram.
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: H Bol
Marks
Verso, MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 32985
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: Cock excu
In plate, at lower margin: Septembri, Octobri Autumnus, totóq Nouémbri; AVTVMNVS / virilitasis typus; Dat musto grauidas Autumnus pomífer uuas
In plate, at lower margin: Septembri, Octobri Autumnus, totóq Nouémbri; AVTVMNVS / virilitasis typus; Dat musto grauidas Autumnus pomífer uuas
ProvenanceMay 22 - 24, 1933, C. G. Boerner sale, Leipzig, one of 4 prints in lot 199; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)