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Title:

Autumnus/ Autumne [Autumn]

Object 1

Series Title:

plate 3 from Three-quarter-length-seasons series

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library - Poynton Collection

Accession Number:

1959.2408.000.000

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)	24.7	17.8			cm

Inscription:

signed and dated on plate, l.r. "W. Hollar ind:/ 1641."

Other Inscriptions:

Inscribed on former mount, bot. c., typed: " Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677 [1607-1677 underlined] (German) - Autumn. 1641. (From, The seasons series. P.610-13. Etching)./ pencil: "P612 [below P.610-13]." inscribed l.l. corner, printed: "AUTVMNS/ convenere simul iam noftra et gaudia luctus,/ AUTVMNUS fruges figora et nide parit,/ Has primo gustes posthat sensurrus et illa/ Ni bene munitus veste, vel igne cales."; inscribed l.r. corner, printed: "AUTVMNS/ Our ioy and sorrow now come both together/ Auumne brings freute , but Autumne brings cold weather/ here tast the first, the last you'll feele no doubt/ except affird like mee you kepe it out."

Catalogue Raisonne:

Pennington 612

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