Antique print etching Aestas Summer Wenceslaus Hollar 1641 The Four Seasons

Antique print etching Aestas Summer Wenceslaus Hollar 1641 The Four Seasons Gorgeous, rare print from 1641 w/ exquisite level of detail. In very good condition, especially given age! Another print of this rare etching is held in the The MET’s collection… Frame: 14.5“ w x 16.5“ h x approx 7/8“ deep Print dimensions: 7-1/8“ w x 9-3/4“ h Weight approx 1lb Between 1641 - 1644 Hollar made no less than three sets of the seasons shown as women in fashionable dress, with anonymous verses below. This ‘Summer’ print is from the earliest of the sets, featuring a three-quarter length figure in an interior setting, wearing a veil against the sun, and presenting seasonal fruit. Inscriptions in 2 columns in Latin & English read: "AESTAS Lenes æstivi ZEPHYRI ... flabra le vare solent / SVMMER In Sumer when wee ... depell the heate" Wenceslaus Hollar’s (1607-1677) views of London form an important record of the city before the Great Fire of 1666. He was prolific and engraved a wide range of subjects, producing nearly 2,800 prints, numerous watercolours and many drawings. Professionally framed & matted in 2016. Top two corners of print have tears & were professionally conserved / reattached. Numerous small dings to frame, easily touched up with marker/paint. See photos for details. Tags: antique print, antique etching , Elizabethan art , Elizabethan print , Elizabethan dress , antique dress , antique English print , English engraving , Summer print , Summer art , antiquarian print