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Spring (Ver)

Jacob Matham · 1589 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Personification of Spring: a female figure with flowers and a floral wreath on her head, in a landscape. In the background figures resting; courting, eating and making music. At the top the corresponding signs of the zodiac: Gemini, Taurus and Aries.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print spring, 'Ver''Primavera' (Ripa)Gemini (zodiacal sign of May)Aries (zodical sign of March)

Credit lineLente (Ver). 1589. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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