Winter, 1589

Not on View

series Title

The Seasons [Hollstein 300-303]

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (diameter): 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein no. 218

Accession Number

1994.60.43

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate below figure: HG Inuent.; upper center in plate above figure: Hyems.; around circumference in plate: Alget et ante focum torpescit Bruma niualis, Pellita cingens frigida membra toga. Anni babentis senium capricorne reducis Te radiante stupet terra sepulta riue.; by later hand, center left verso in graphite: 9[?]7; by later hands, lower center verso in graphite: Matham / L. 1008 / 33698

Provenance

Heinrich Füssli (1755-1829), Zurich (Lugt 1008); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.
Füssli, Heinrich

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 10.

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

1980: The Illustrated Bartsch 4, New York, 1980: 143.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 218.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 10.