Evening, Johann Sadeler (I), After Dirck Barendsz., 1582 print In the clouds the naked Vespera, the personification of the evening. A crescent moon on her head. Under her a landscape in the evening with a few poachers in the foreground. They are looking for birds that are entangled in their nets. Workers return home in the background after working for a day. In the margin a Latin caption with an explanation about the evening. The print is part of a four -part series about the parts of the day and the human activities that are committed during that part of the day. Cologne paper engraving eveni
Evening, Johann Sadeler (I), After Dirck Barendsz., 1582 print In the clouds the naked Vespera, the personification of the evening. A crescent moon on her head. Under her a landscape in the evening with a few poachers in the foreground. They are looking for birds that are entangled in their nets. Workers return home in the background after working for a day. In the margin a Latin caption with an explanation about the evening. The print is part of a four -part series about the parts of the day and the human activities that are committed during that part of the day. Cologne paper engraving evening. personification of the evening, 'Vesper'. evening ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Vesper'). bird hunting. poacher
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