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| Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. | ||||
| Engravings, 1580. Signed in the plate “HBol invent” and “Ioann:sadler: scalpsit et excud. (Spring) With the date in Summer “1580” 22 x 29.3 cm. all with ample margin. Watermark: gothic P. Hollstein 503 – 506. |
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| Fine early impressions with scratches still showing in the lower margin. Fine condition. Numbers in brown ink at the top 19-22. | ||||
| The images show each three signs of the Zodiac. The prominent figures at the front show the Four ages of life. Each with four lines of Latin verse. Spring with a formal garden, Summer with people hunting, Autumn with winemaking, Winter with people skating on the ice. The four drawings are in St Petersburg. | ||||
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