Spring, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Title(s)

Lente
Spring (title on object)
De vier seizoenen (series title)

Object type

Serial number

1/4

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.247

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 438-2(2)
• Pennington 606-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Staande vrouw met tulpen in haar hand als personificatie van de Lente. Op de achtergrond een gezicht op Tart Hall in het Saint James's Park (Londen), bewoond door Lady Arundel.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1643

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 265 mm × width 184 mm

What

• spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa)
• dress, gown (+ women's clothes)
• piece of clothing covering the breast or décolleté (FICHU) (+ women's clothes)
• sleeves (+ women's clothes)
• skirt (+ women's clothes)
• fan (+ women's clothes)
• bow (ornamental part of clothing) (+ women's clothes)
• flowers: tulip
• country-house
• fashion plates

When

• 1640 - 1650

Where

• St James's Park

Who

• Alatheia Talbot (gravin van Arundel)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. II, p. 109, cat.nr. 438
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 98, cat.nr. 606