January and February, 1615

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series Title

The Twelve Months [Hollstein 123-128]

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 38 x 49.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 3/8 in.)

sheet: 39.9 x 51.5 cm (15 11/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 123

Accession Number

1998.142.1

Artists / Makers

Aegidius Sadeler II (artist) Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

Paul Bril (artist after) Flemish, 1554 - 1626

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Paul: Bril inuent: / Egidi: Sadeler excud; lower left in plate below image: JANUARIUS.; lower right in plate below image: FEBRUARIUS.; lower right in plate below image: Cum Priuil: S. C. M.tis; across bottom in plate below image: ILLVS ET STRENVO VIRO. DOMINO VINCENTIO MVSCHINGER. DOMINO IN GVMPENDORFF ET ROSENBERG, AD / LACVM CAMENSEM.&c SAC. CAES.a M.tis CAMERAE AVLICAE,ET SER.mi ARCHIDVCIS MAXIMILIANI CONSILIARIO &c. / DOMINO PATRONO SVO.EGIDIVS SADELER EIVSDEM MAI.tis SCVLPTOR IN GRATI ANIMI SIGNVM.DD. / M. D. C. XV.

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.

Exhibition History

1998: Small Scenes in Large Landscapes, Dutch and Flemish Prints: 1550-1640, C.G. Boerner Inc. (IFPDA Print Fair), New York, 1998, no. 43.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge