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Title:

Hyems/ Winter

Object 1

Series Title:

plate 4 from Three-quarter-length-seasons series

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection

Accession Number:

1959.2407.000.000

Creator:

Hollar, Wenceslaus

Place of birth:

Bohemia

Creation Date:

1641

Object Category:

Medium:

engraving

Material:

paper

ink

Description:

engraving, printed in black ink,

Technique:

intaglio

State:

second state

Dimensions:

Type	Height	Width	Depth	Diameter	Unit (Lengths)	Weight	Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image)	24.8	18.2			cm

Inscription:

signed and dated on plate l.l. "W. Hollar inu: 1641."

Other Inscriptions:

inscribed on former mount bot. c., typed: "Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677 [1607-1677 underlined] (German) - Winter. 1641. (From, The seasons series. P.610-13. Etching)."; bot. c., pencil: "P613 [below P.610-13]." inscribed l.l. corner, printed: "HYEMS/ Cum deformis Hyems gelidas constrinxerit undas/ Pectore, re Sanguis torpeat lisce tegor/ Pellibus Armenys, et verlis, vincimus auas,/ (non gladio) et claro MVLCIBER Igre tus."; inscribed l.r. corner, printed: "WINTER/ This against winter wee our selve doe arme/ and thinke you then the cold can doe us harme/ but though it be to hard for this attire/ yet we'll orecome it not with sword but fire."

Catalogue Raisonne:

Pennington 613

Credit Line:

Baillieu Library Print Collection, the University of Melbourne. Gift of Dr J. Orde Poynton 1959.

Narratives:

History of the Virtual Print Room print collection