Julius Goltzius
He was the son of Hubert Goltzius, author, antiquarian and numismatist. Hubert was the great uncle of the better known Hendrik Goltzius. A rare engraving, c1580-90’s, after Jacob Savery (1566-1603).
The plate ‘signed’ with both artists’ names and the publisher’s initials HVL (H V Luyck). Thread margin or trimmed to the plate. On laid paper without watermark. Engravings, presumably also by Julius Goltzius after Savery, a matched series of three, seeming to complete the set of the Four Seasons, but unrecorded. Images are the same size as Spring.
Narrow margins, with the collector’s mark of Baron de Triqueti (Lugt 1304) recto in the lower margin of each. Remains of backing at the right edge verso. A couple of marginal stains on Autumn and Winter.