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print
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ornament print
Object Type
print
ornament print
Museum number
1877,0811.855
Title
Series:
The Twelve Months
Description
Plate 6: June; with a peasant standing at left holding a sheep and shearing scissors; from a series of twelve etchings of peasants in landscapes with blackwork ornaments at upper left or r. c.1638 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Elias Holl II
Published by:
Paulus Fürst
School/style
German
Production date
1638
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Nuremberg
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
105 millimetres
Width:
94 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Curatorial Comment for 1877,0811.850.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(6.II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ornament
time/seasons
peasant/villager
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev John Burleigh James
(L.1425)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale March - May 1877/2521)
Purchased through:
Goupil
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0811.855