Artist: Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603), after.
Engraver: Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, 1555-1618).
Title: Summer.
Signed in the image: M. de Vos inventor. Adrian Collaert sculp.
Dimensions: Sheet 8" x 10 3/8". Backing sheet 10 5/8" x 14 7/8".
Publisher: Adriaen Collaert.
Date: ca. 1587.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on laid paper mounted to the backing sheet.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The lower part contains the number and four lines of Latin poetry, and the upper margin with the title of the series is trimmed to the image. There is a trace of an old vertical fold and a small hole in the middle. A tear to the u.m. Uninspected outside of the backing sheet. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Series Four Seasons.
Museums and Libraries: Museum Boiijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 2023AA.
The British Museum 1870,0625.671.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish Art XVI C.
Note: The drawing by Maarten de Vos is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. No. 3709.