Harvard Art Museums > G1854: Spring 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"Spring (Wenceslaus Hollar) , G1854,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274348. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1854 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title Spring Other Titles Series/Book Title: Three-Quarter-Length Women as Allegories of the Seasons Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1641 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/274348 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white wove paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 24.6 × 18 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: inscription: in plate, two verses followed by the artist's signature: Ver / Iam decessit Hymens, pelles et vela valete, / Florida iam Veneris, tempora grat + virent. / Ridenti facie cum iam Natura superbit. / Dio, celare an nos ora venusta decel. // Spring / Ffurs fare you well, the Winter is quite gone, / and Beauty's quarter now is coming on, / When nature striueth most to shew her pride, / our beauty's being the cheefe we must not hide. // W: Hollar inuentor et fecit London Ao. 1641 collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collectionaccession stamp (4836)] 1854 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State iv/iv Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 332, Pennington 610 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1854 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
