Autumn

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 depicts a bustling autumn scene with various figures engaged in tasks. A rustic building with a thatched roof is shown to the left, with a person leaning out from a window. The horizon, higher up in the image, showcases distant hills and a windmill. The artwork features detailed, linear engravings capturing textures of clothing, trees, and buildings. The color scheme is monochromatic using shades of brown and gray. In the distance, beyond the immediate scene, small cottages, a church with a tall spire, and a village nestled among trees can be seen in the rolling countryside.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.6 x 28.7 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 x 37.2 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.28.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 65, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    The Four Seasons [Holl. 63-66]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; given to the NGA, 1989.

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. 65, 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. 241, i/iii.

Inscriptions

in image at lower right, in plate: H Bol; in image at lower right, in plate: Cock. excu.; bottom margin, within central cartouche, in plate: AVTVMNVS / Virilitatis typus; bottom margin, at left, in plate: Septembri, Octobri Autumnus, totoq Noúembri.; bottom margin, at right, in plate: Dat musto grauidas Autumnus pomifer uuas; following inscriptions by later hand in graphite, uR //: 23; lRv//: Bols, Autumn

Wikidata ID

Q74882451

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