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Ver (Spring)
Public Domain

Wenceslaus Hollar

Ver (Spring)

1640

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Wenceslaus Hollar

Ver (Spring)

1640

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 252 × 183 mm. (9 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.) Plate: 242 × 179 mm. (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2269

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Iam decessit Hyems pelles et velas valete [...]"; below image, bottom left, in plate, "W. Hollar inventor et fecit Londini A. 1641"; below image, lower right, in plate "Spring / Ffurs fare you well, the Winter is quite gone [...]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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