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Object Type
print
Museum number
1950,0520.434
Title
Object:
Ops
Series:
The Human Labours
Description
Ops personifying agriculture; she sits holding a sickle besides a wheatsheaf bound with grape vine and is surrounded by the abundance of agriculture, barrels and tools etc; in the distance a field is ploughed and a man sows seeds Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Philips Galle
After:
Marten van Cleve I
Published by:
Johannes Boel
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1574
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
205 millimetres
Width:
245 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a series of eight plates (New Hollstein 382-389; impressions in the BM 1950,0520.434 ... 441).
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(148.II)
(Frans Floris)
Van de Velde 1975 / Frans Floris (1519/20-1570), Leven en Werken
(124)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
allegory/personification
agriculture
Associated names
Representation of:
Rhea/Ops
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Liechtenstein
Acquisition date
1950
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1950,0520.434