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October

(Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
(Flemish, 1564–1635)
(Netherlandish, 1600–1676)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.5 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 33.7 cm (10 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number65.590
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: SCOPIVS.; in lower margin, lower center: OCTOBER.; lower left: October cultae Cerealia semina terrae/Committit : frangit, adæquat humum,; lower right: Lætior occato seges vt grandescat in agro./Crebro at sementi Scorpio dirus obest.
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.