Winter

1570

Pieter van der Heyden after Hans Bol

Associated Names
Pieter van der Heyden

Artist, Netherlandish, active c. 1551/1572

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Hans Bol

Artist After, Flemish, Flemish, 1534 - 1593

The image shows a winter scene with a village on the horizon, a castle near a frozen water body, and people engaged in various activities such as warming by a fire, working together, playing on the ice, and participating in a small gathering or market. There are children playing on the ice, and the scene is depicted in a monochromatic style with detailed etching, emphasizing textures and movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.196

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 66, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1953: IX (Pieter van der Heyden): no. 66, i/ii.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015: Part II, no. 242, i/iii.

Inscriptions

in image at bottom center, in plate: H. Cock. excud 1570; in image at lower right, in plate: H. Bol.; bottom margin, within central cartouche, in plate: HYEMS / Senectuti comaprator; bottom margin, at left, in plate: Brumales, Ianus, Febrauarius atq December; bottom margin, at right, in plate: Vis Hijemis glacie currentes alligat undas.

Wikidata ID

Q65081892

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