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Aestas (Summer)
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Wenceslaus Hollar

Aestas (Summer)

1640

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Aestas (Summer)

Wenceslaus Hollar

Aestas (Summer)

Wenceslaus Hollar

Aestas (Summer)

1640

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 247 × 176 mm. (9 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2270

Inscribed: Recto: in image, bottom center right, in plate "W Hollar inv: 1641"; below image, lower left, in plate "AESTAS / Lenes astivi ZEPHYRI dum carpimus auras. [...]"; below image, lower right, in plate "SUMMER / In Sumer when wee walke to take the aiyre. [...]" Verso: "[indecipherable initials] 1076"

Markings: CM: Claghorn; WM: indecipherable word with fleur-de-lis

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
Wenceslaus Hollar, Claudine Stella, and others
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
1664–1674
SUMMER
Jan van de Velde II and Claes Jansz Visscher
Aestas
1616
THE LAST SUPPER
Wenceslaus Hollar, Claudine Stella, and others
The Last Supper
1664–1674
THE FOUR WINDMILLS
Wenceslaus Hollar and Jan Brueghel the Younger
The Four Windmills
1649
PETER VON SERIN, HUNGARIAN GENERAL
Unknown Artist and Wenceslaus Hollar
Peter von Serin, Hungarian General
2000–1887
HOLY FAMILY
Wenceslaus Hollar and Joseph Heintz II
The Virgin and Child, with St. Elizabeth and St. John
1626
SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLY AND TWELVE OTHER INSECTS
Wenceslaus Hollar
Swallow-Tailed Butterfly and Twelve Other Insects
1640–1650
THREE CATERPILLARS, A MOTH AND FOUR BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
Three Caterpillars, a Moth and Four Butterflies
1640–1650
A DRAGONFLY, LADYBIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
A Dragonfly, Ladybirds and Butterflies
1640–1650
TWO DRAGONFLIES AND FIVE BUTTERFLIES
Wenceslaus Hollar
Two Dragonflies and Five Butterflies
1640–1650