Summer

Publisher Peter Stent British

1644

Not on view

A young woman standing in front of open window, her hair put back into a bun and falling over her shoulders in ringlets. She wears a pearl necklace, low laced bodice and and wide white collar edged with lace, and holds a closed fan in her right hand.

Artwork Details

Title: Summer
Series/Portfolio: Half-length Women as Allegories of the Four Seasons (New Hollstein 545-548)
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Publisher: Peter Stent (British, active ca. 1615/17–1665)
Date: 1644
Medium: Etching; second state of three
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (17.4 × 12.3 cm)
cut c. 4 x 4 mm within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.360
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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