{"id":27669,"date":"2025-09-01T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiek\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/vier-jaargetijden-gerard-de-lairesse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:37:43","slug":"four-seasons-gerard-de-lairesse","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/miscellaneous\/miscellaneous-before-1880\/four-seasons-gerard-de-lairesse\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Seaons &#8211; after Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"75\"><strong data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"73\">THE FOUR SEASONS AND THE GODS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"265\">Series of the <strong>Four Seasons<\/strong>. copper engravings after prints by <strong>Gerard de Lairesse <\/strong>made around 1750 by <em data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"190\">\u201cVK\u201d<\/em>, possibly <strong>Nicolaes Verkolje<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Each ca. 13 \u00d7 17.5 cm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"522\">&#8220;<strong><em>Ver<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flora_(mythology)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flora<\/a>, as the personification of spring, sits on a cloud, surrounded by three personified Months who carry foliage and flowers. Flora is crowned with a garland of flowers and weaves a second one from the blooms offered to her by the Months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"795\">&#8220;<strong><i>Aestas<\/i><\/strong>&#8220;<b> <\/b>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceres_(mythology)\">Ceres<\/a>, as the personification of summer, sits on a cloud, surrounded by three personified Months who bring baskets of fruit, olive branches, and sheaves of grain. 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