Passe, Crispijn van de. Gustus

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: vol. XV, p. 192, no. 514
Folger bibliographic ID: 254913
Folger call number: ART Box P281 no.4
Folger holdings ID: 334999
Accession Number: 213073

A seated woman holding a fruit in her left hand, and reaching into an overflowing basket for another. Two more dishes filled with fruit (pears, applies, grapes) lie by her feet, and a monkey is nibbling on one piece. In the distance is a landscape with hills and a river, and a few people, one in a boat

General notes

Date range based on the years Passe lived in Cologne (1589-1611, see Oxford art online) '4' inscribed in plate within image, beneath title Two columns of Latin text inscribed in plate beneath image, signed "Matth. Quad[us], ludeb." Plate represents the months of August, September and October (see Hollstein) Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Exhibited: Women in the Renaissance, Folger Shakespeare Library, September 26, 1989-February 17, 1990

Item information about Folger ART Box P281 no.4

Trimmed within platemark

Extended title: Gustus Crispin van de Passe inuentor, sculpsit et excudit
Alternate titles: Gvstvs, Five senses

Senses and sensation Fruit Monkeys

printmaker: Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637
artist: Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637
publisher: Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637
associated with: Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613