Pieter van Avont (1600-1652)

ALLEGORY OF WATER FROM THE FOUR ELEMENTS SERIES

1647
Copperplate on paper, 14.4x20.9 cm, marked lower right "Pet. van Auont inuenit et excudit Cum priuilegio." One of four leaves depicting an allegory of the elements, while the other three were engraved by V. Hollar this one, although often attributed to Hollar, is the work of an unknown engraver. Ref.: Parthey-Pennington 524 - here Hollar`s authorship rejected. mounted, framed, glazed.