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Lot 114: Jacques Picart - The four seasons - C.1610

Est: €600 EUR - €800 EURPassed
Old Master PrintIZEGEM, BelgiumApril 16, 2019

Item Overview

Description

Complete set of four prints showing the four seasons. Reduced size etchings after the set done by Adrian Collaert after Maerten de Vos around 1587. Here as published by Nicolas de Mathonière (1573-1640) in Paris around 1610. Reference for the Collaert set Hollstein 1408-1411. Related drawings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. nos 3708-11)

Dimensions

14,20 x 20,20 cm each

Artist or Maker

Medium

Etching

Date

1610

Condition Report

Good impressions on the full laid paper sheets with margins. The margins a bit unfresh. Spring with a small tear in the ornamental border bottom left. Together in one In acid free passe-partout (40 x 50 cm)

Literature

Spring: Venus and Cupid in a landscape with scenes of milking, gardening, bird- and deer-hunting and fishing; Venus holds up a bouquet of flowers and holds Cupid's arm to pacify him; in the sky the zodiac symbols of Aries, Taurus and Gemini; plate 1; after Maarten de Vos. Summer: Ceres holding a sickle sitting on piles of wheat observing scenes of harvesting and sheep shearing; in the sky the zodiac symbols of Cancer, Leo and Virgo; plate 2; after Maarten de Vos. Autumn: Bacchus holding up a goblet with a bunch of grapes in it with a cornucopia at his side in a landscape with scenes of ploughing, wine making and sowing; in the sky the zodiac symbols of Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius; plate 3; after Maarten de Vos. Winter: Aeolus holding up a bridle? and sitting on the four winds in a wintry landscape with a frozen river and skaters; also figures pollarding trees and slaughtering animals; in the distance is a storm at sea with boats tossed on the large waves; in the sky the zodiac symbols of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces; plate 4; after Maarten de Vos.

Notes

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Auction Details

Old Master Prints and Drawings II

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April 16, 2019, 07:00 PM CET

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