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Hyems (Winter)
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Wenceslaus Hollar

Hyems (Winter)

1640

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Hyems (Winter)

Wenceslaus Hollar

Hyems (Winter)

Wenceslaus Hollar

Hyems (Winter)

1640

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 257 × 188 mm. (10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.) Plate: 250 × 180 mm. (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2272

Inscribed: Recto: in image, bottom left, in plate "W Hollar inv 1641"; below image, bottom left, in plate "HYEMS / Cum deformis hyems gelidas constrinxerit undas [...]"; below image, bottom right, in plate "Winter / Thus against winter we ourselves doe arme [...]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

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
WINTER
Jan van de Velde II and Claes Jansz Visscher
Hyems
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