Collaert, Adriaen. Hiems Aeolo s

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Maarten de Vos 1411
Folger bibliographic ID: 244945
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Collaert dynasty 1325
Folger call number: ART 266- 517
Folger holdings ID: 310180
Accession Number: 266517

Allegorical representation of Winter featuring Aeolus. He holds up a bridle and sits on top of the four winds. In the background, scenes of skating on a frozen river, slaughtering animals, and pruning trees. In the distance, boats on a stormy sea. In the sky, the zodiacal signs of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces

General notes

Title from item With 4 lines of Latin text in lower margin beneath image Numbered "4" in lower margin, to left. From a set of 4 engravings depicting the four seasons, after Maarten de Vos According to New Hollstein, first published by Adriaen Collaert in Antwerp, ca. 1587-1588 and later published by Rombout van den Hoeye (plates in inventory dated 1662), Claes Jansz. Visscher, and Seger Tielemans in Amsterdam

Item information about Folger ART 266- 517

Manuscript numbering '16' in lower right corner of sheet

Extended title: Hiems Aeolo s M. de Vos inven. ; Adrian. Collaert scalp. et excudit
Alternate titles: Winter

Winter Skating Slaughtering

printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen, -1618
artist: Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
publisher: Collaert, Adriaen, -1618