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Aprilis: 30.K.9-9

Object information

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Titles

Aprilis
April (a man seen three-quarter length, standing in a formal garden, wearing a plumed hat, carrying flowers in a basket, and holding a lute in his right hand; a milkmaid in right background; the symbol of Taurus in the sky)
The Twelve Months

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Suyderhoef, Jonas
Publisher: Sandrart, Joachim I von
Painter: Sandrart, Joachim I von (After)

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Description

From a series of 14 plates, after Joachim von Sandrart's Twelve Months and other allegories of time for Schleissheim palace, near Munich, commissioned for Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. The Latin text is by Caspar Barlaeus and the Dutch by Joost van den Vondel.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1645

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.K.9-9
Primary reference Number: 238750
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 10
Dutuit: 112
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 5 November 2019 Updated: Tuesday 5 November 2019 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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