Pieter Bruegel the Elder / Hans Bol

BR 0512

Four Seasons - 4 Masterpieces of graphic works of art from 1570.

Four etchings after Hans Bol and Pieter Bruegel the Elder, engraved by Pieter van der Heyden, published by Hieronymus Cock, Antwerp 1570.

Very rare complete set of the “Four Seasons”.

Early prints, excellent impression, before numbers, with the imprint "H. Cock excud. 1570". Paper a little bit toned, small margins, closely trimmed to the platemark, otherwise very good condition.

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Plate I - Spring

"Martius, Aprilis, Maius, sunt tempora veris. Ver Puritie comar. Vere Venus gaudet florentibus aurea fertis"
Engraved signatures: Bruegel inve(ni)t. /  H. Cock excud(it). 1570. Size: 21,5 x 28,5 cm.

Plate II - Summer

"Iulius, Augustus, nec non et Iunius Aestas. Aestas Adoles centie imago. Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida meßeis"
Engraved signatures: Cock excu(dit). / Bruegel inve(nit). Size: 22,5 x  28,5 cm.

Plate III - Autumn

"Septembri, Octobri Autumnus toto Novembri. Autumnus Virilitatis typus. Dat musto gravidas Autumnus pomifer uvas"
Engraved signatures: H Bol / Cock excu(dit). Size: 22,3 x 28,4 cm.

Plate IV - Winter

"Brumales Ianus, Februarius atq December. Hyems Senectuti comparatur. Vis Hyemis glacie currentes alligat undas."
Engraved signatures: H. Cock excud(it). 1570. / H.Bol. Size: 22 x 28,5 cm.

References: Hollstein 202.I (after Bruegel), Lebeer 78.I, Hollstein 64.I (Pieter van der Heyden), The British Museum „Four Seasons“ after Bruegel The Elder, H. Cock 1570.

Manfred Sellink, Bruegel the complete paintings, drawings and prints, S. 223 – 227, Position 147-150, Four Seasons: Spring & Summer. Ludion 2007.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525 – 1569)
Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker

Hans Bol (1534 Mechelen –  Amsterdam 1593)
Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver

Hieronymus Cock (c1510 – 1570)
Flemish Renaissance painter, etcher, publisher and distributor of prints

Pieter van der Heyden (c1530 – c1575)
Flemish copper engraver, member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke from 1557, worked for H. Cock 1551-72

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