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Winter

Winter
1641
plate 4 from the Three-quarter-length women as allegories of the four seasons series 1641

Medium
etching
Measurements
22.5 × 17.7 cm (image) 25.4 × 18.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 335 ii/ii; Pennington 613
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar inu: 1641
printed in ink l.l.: HYEMS / Cum deformis Hyems gelidas conſtrinxerit undas / Pectore, ne Sanguis torpeat hiſce tegor / Pellibus Armenÿs, et velis, vincimus auras, / (non gladio) et claro MVLCIBER Igne tuo,
printed in ink l.r.: WINTER, / Thus againſt winter wee our ſelues doe arme / and thinke you then the cold can doe us harme / but though it be to hard for this attire / yet wee'll orecome it not with ſword but fire
Accession Number
2211-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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