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Object Type
print
Museum number
1868,0612.2099
Title
Object:
Occidens
Series:
The Four Quarters of the World
Description
Occidens; Zephyrus; young man strewing flowers and leaves over the earth; plate from a set of four plates representing "The Four Quarters of the World" and at the same time representing the four winds; ovals with inscriptions above and below; in the lower margin two lines of verse in two columns Engraving with etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Crispijn de Passe the Elder
After:
Philips Galle
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1590-1637
(c)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
129 millimetres
(cropped)
Width:
97 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(570)
(Crispijn de Passe I)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0612.2099