Winter from the cycle The Four Seasons

Wenceslaus Hollar - engraver, Jan van de Velde - inventor

Wenceslaus Hollar - engraver, Jan van de Velde - inventor - Winter from the cycle The Four Seasons
In 1629, Hollar did another cycle - The Four Seasons - after Jan van de Velde. Unlike the earlier series depicting a magnificent landscape inhabited by people earning their livelihood through hard work, this cycle shows rural dwellings and people engaged in leisure activities. This idealization of life is accompanied by pastoral texts.
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measurements: height 65 mm
width 152 mm
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material: paper
technique: etching
inventory number: R 50692
gallery collection: Collection of Prints and Drawings