An allegory of Spring and Winter,
after Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1690 - 1723
Materials
Ink on paper etching
Measurements
440 x 550 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.113
Summary
(Folio 67, recto), An allegory of Spring and Winter, with Janus closing the double doors with his key, as the rain and snows of winter retire and Flora and the spring winds blow,
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with eight lines of Latin verse by Robert van Audenaerde, name of painter, name of engraver, and with a Roman and French privilege 'Cum privil. Summi Pont. et Regis Christmi Romae Apud Iacobum Frey'
Makers and roles
after Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), creator Robert van Audenaerde (Ghent 1663 - Ghent 1743), creator Joseph Wagner (1706 - Venice 1780), publisher