Antique Master Print-MONTHS-YEAR-METAPHORIC-APRIL-Gole-1695-1724

A fashionably dressed lady sitting downholding a spear and extending her hand to her dog. Exemplfies the month of April.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 19.5 x 26.5 cm (7.68 x 10.43 inch). Image size: 18 x 25 cm. (7.09 x 9.84 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Short left margin remargined. Paper loss at bottom right remargined. Large tear running from bottom left into plate, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MONTHS-YEAR-METAPHORIC-APRIL | EXPO-DUTCH/FLEMISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Twelve Months of the Year (series title).

Biography engraver: Jacob Gole (1660-1737) was a Dutch draughtsman, engraver and publisher. He belonged to a group of French refugees who came to the Northern Netherlands in the end of the 17th. Century. He worked in close collaboration with Cornelis Dusart and specialized in the making of mezzotints.