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The Four Seasons
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Hyems
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: 22.8 x 28.8 cm (9 x 11 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 31.5 cm (10 x 12 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 31.5 cm (10 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number33.556
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, after Hans Bol) 202, i / ii; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IX, Van der Heyden) 66, i / ii
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark [?]; verso, MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 32986
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: H Bol
In plate, at lower center: . H . Cock . excud . 1570
In plate, at lower margin: Brumales Ianus, Februarius atqz December.; HYEMS / Senectuti comparatur; Vis Hÿemis glacie currentes undas.
In plate, at lower center: . H . Cock . excud . 1570
In plate, at lower margin: Brumales Ianus, Februarius atqz December.; HYEMS / Senectuti comparatur; Vis Hÿemis glacie currentes undas.
ProvenanceMay 22 - 24, 1933, anonymous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 199, where puchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)