Harvard Art Museums > G1855: Summer 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"Summer (Wenceslaus Hollar) , G1855,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 27, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273876. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1855 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title Summer Other Titles Series/Book Title: Seasons Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1641 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273876 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in back ink on white wove paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 24.5 × 17.6 cm (9 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, two stanzas in the lower margin area: AESTAS / Lenes æstivi ZEPHYRI dum carpimus auras, / Velamen nigrum lumina nostra tegit, Candida ne facies turpi sudore madescat, / Immodicos æstus flabra levare solent, // SVMMER / In summer when we walke to take the ayre, / Wee thus are vay'l to keepe our faces faire / And lest our beautie shoold be soyl'd with sweats / wee with our ayrie fànnes depell the heate. collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1855 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 333, Pennington 611 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1855 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
