Print Description
A fashionably dressed lady holding a mask. Exemplfies the month of February.
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 and bottom margins remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MONTHS-YEAR-METAPHORIC-FEBRUARY | 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.
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