Harvard Art Museums > M26602: May Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"May (Jan van de Velde II) , M26602,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165411. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M26602 People Jan van de Velde II, Dutch (Rotterdam(?), Netherlands 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen, Netherlands) Title May Other Titles Alternate Title: the Zijlpoort in Haarlem from the south-west, in reverse Series/Book Title: Twelve Months Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1634 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165411 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching and engraving Dimensions plate: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks legend: sky, upper center, and lower margin, printer's ink, engraved, Latin: title and descriptive stanza: MAIUS / Nescio an hiuc dederint majores nomina mensi. / Hoc scio, quod juvenum dignior ille choris. / [zodaical sign for Gemini] / Cernis ut in molli compotent gramine ab una / Patre, alia liquidis cÿmba feratur aquis. inscription: verso, brown ink, handwritten: in a 17th-century calligraphic hand, perhaps an acronym for the series title and date: . S : P . M / . 1 . 6 . 3 . 4 / . 6 . [this is plate 6 of the series, if one starts counting with the title plate; in the second state the added number, 5, is that of the month] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number H. 63, F.-K. 179 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Gift of Robert M. Light and Acquisition Fund for Prints Accession Year 2005 Object Number M26602 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
