Marcus Sadeler - Iulius / P. Stephens fecit.
Summary
Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of July, showing farmers with scythes and rakes working in large fields, harvesting hay or grain, transporting hay or grain on a wagon, and two men asleep next to their tools in the shade of large trees at center. Also shows a barn on the right where the hay or grain is stored and other buildings in the background. Includes the zodiac sign "Leo" at top left, and six lines of verse printed across the bottom.
Signed on plate on lower right.
Illus. from: Menses XII anni solaris. Illustr:mo et generos:mo Domino D. Ferdinando Hoffman Libero Baroni in Grunpuhel et Strechau Domino in Grevenstain et Ianowitz Supremo Hereditario Ducatus Styriæ Curiæ Magistro Supremo Archiducatus Austriæ Marsalco Sacratiss. Caes. et Regiæ Maiestatis Consiliario et Seniori Cameræ Aulicæ Præfecto etc: Sac. Cæs. Mai. Sculptor Egidius Sadeler dedicat. [Prag.] : [Marcus Sadeler], 1607.
Purchase; Hubbard Fund; 1949.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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