Winter

Publisher Peter Stent British
1652
Not on view
A young woman, standing towards the left, with her head turned towards the viewer. She wears a fur hood, a dark half mask, fur stole over a white lace collar, with her hands concealed within a large muff.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Winter
  • Series/Portfolio: Half-length Women as Allegories of the Four Seasons (New Hollstein 545-548)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Publisher: Peter Stent (British, active ca. 1615/17–1665)
  • Date: 1652
  • Medium: Etching; second state of three (NH)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (17.4 × 12.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.362
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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