Wenceslaus Hollar
Aestas (Summer)
1641
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
