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Spring
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About this work
Spring is frequently presented as a comely young maiden holding blossoms, or posing near a vase of flowers. In Hollar’s print the large, almost overblown, costly tulips predominate. The tulips in 17th-century floral still lifes are often already in full bloom. Evidently, enthusiasts at that time were intrigued by the blossoms’ fanciful forms.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe Lente. 1641. Wenceslaus Hollar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
