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Description

Finely engrave landscape with peasants along a roadside Creek, fishing, washing sheep and attending to the business of the day.

One of a series of etchings of the four seasons, engraved by Hendrik Hondius, the Younger ca 1617, after a painting by David Vinckboons.

Hendrick Hondius was responsible for engraving the images of the spring and summer, the other two seasons were engraved by Simon Frisius and Andries Stock.

 

Condition Description
Trimmed to the plate mark and remargined. Long repaired tear, with small area of facsimile in the sky.
Reference
Hollstein 22, Orenstein (New Hollstein) 71.