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April

Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)

Joos de Momper, the Younger (Flemish, 1564–1635)

Joannes Galle (Netherlandish, 1600–1676)

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 21 x 26.5 cm (8 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 3.6 cm (10 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)

Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession number65.584

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: TAVRVS.; in lower margin, lower center: APRILIS.; lower left: Aprilis Latijs ab aperto tempore dictus,/Mitis & foecundæ Veneri,; lower right: Dat gramen, flores; plantas & germina profert:/Vernatique in Tauri fidere cornigeri.

Provenance1965, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, to the MFA for £350 [see note]. (Accession Date: May 12, 1965)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.580-65.592 were purchased for this amount.