Collection Online
Air
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
17.3 × 27.9 cm irreg. (image) 19.1 × 28.5 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 19
Edition
state not described
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: J. V. Velde fecit. (...illeg.)
printed in ink l.l: Aer jam seguitur’: (‘ over :) animæ vitalis origo: / Quo sine nil vivit quicquid in orbe datur.
printed in ink l.c.: AER
printed in ink l.c.r.: / Mobilis aßiduo fæcundat semine terram, / Hic regnantqƺ Noti, Pennigeriqƺ greges. WB (monogram) 2.
Accession Number
1278.188.2-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
Air (allegorical character) bird (animal) falconers falconry Four Elements (allegorical characters) hunters (people) hunting raptors (birds)