April, Simon Frisius, after Antonio Tempesta, 1611

Title(s)

April
Aprilis (title on object)
Twaalf maanden (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/12

Object number

RP-P-OB-52.362

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 48
  Remark: Part I

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De maand april wordt voorgesteld door een heuvellandschap met zaaiende figuren. Op de achtergrond is in de lucht het sterrenbeeld Stier weergegeven.

Artist

• print maker: Simon Frisius
• after design by: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Hendrick Hondius (I)

Place

print maker: Northern Netherlands
after design by: Italy
publisher: The Hague

Dating

1611

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 140 mm × width 183 mm

What

• landscape symbolizing April (+ with signs or personifications of the planets)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Simon Frisius, dl. 1, p. 42, cat.nr. 48