De maand augustus, Frederick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, after 1635 - 1670

Title(s)

De maand augustus
De maanden van het Jaar (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

8/12

Object number

RP-P-BI-1558

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 257-1(2)
• Roethlisberger 416-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Vier slapende boeren naast een appelboom. Op de achtergrond een zaaier.

Artist

• print maker: Frederick Bloemaert
• after design by: Abraham Bloemaert

Place

Utrecht

Dating

after 1635 - 1670

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 130 mm × width 165 mm

What

• August and its 'labours'
• rest during harvest (eating, dancing, making love, etc.)
• sleeping on the ground

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Berckheyde - Bodding, p. 91, cat.nr. 249-261
• Abraham Bloemaert and his sons : paintings and prints, Marcel George Roethlisberger, Marten Jan Bok, p. 272-274, cat.nr. 416-1