Description
L’automne
de la série des quatre saisons
d’après Maarten van HEEMSKERCK (Heemskerk 1498 – Haarlem 1574)
Publié par Philippe GALLE (Haarlem 1537 – Anvers 1612)
1563
Description du British Museum :
Autumn, whole-length; a male personification holding a cornucopia; in the distance a field is sown with seeds, raked and ploughed; at left sheep are slaughtered at a butcher’s and at right grapes are collected; in the sky are zodiacal signs; after Heemskerck. 1563
Engraving
Inscription content: Lettered below left « MHEEM.IN. 1563 ». In the margin two columns each two lines « ALT TU … MANDAS ».
From a series of four plates (New Hollstein 538-541). The verses are by Hadrianus Junius.
Épreuve : 215 x 250 mm
Collée au 4 coins sur carton fort
