Identificationtitle(s): summer. The four seasons (series title). Object type: print serial number: 2/4object number: rp-p-1967-769. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 370-1(3), new hollstein dutch 539-1(3) note: heemskerck. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: in the foreground the personification of summer: an adult man, crowned with a wreath of corn. In his hands some ears of corn. In the background summer scenes: farmers making hay and harvesting. Sheep being washed and sheared and a shepherd with his sheep. Up in the sky the three astrological signs of summer: cancer, leo and virgo. The print has a latin caption and is part of a four-part series about the four seasons. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: philips galle, after a design by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object), writer: hadrianus junius. Place of manufacture: haarlem. Date: 1563. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 216 mm × w 248 mm. Subject: what: summer landscape; landscape symbolizing summer (the four seasons of the year) (+ with zodiacal signs of the summer season), summer landscape; landscape symbolizing summer (the four seasons of the year) (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months), summer, 'aestas'; 'estate' (ripa). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1967. Date: 1563.
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