Allegory of Winter Artist: Lodewijk Toeput (Pozzoserrato) (Flemish, ca. 1550–ca. 1605)

1585–90

Prints and Drawings

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Trained in Antwerp, Lodewijk Toeput made what had become a traditional journey to Italy but, unlike many of his compatriots, decided to settle there. Later visited by many northern European artists, he served as an important contact in the exchange of ideas and styles between the Low Countries and Italy. These two drawings, like many of his idealized landscapes, borrow motifs from both his native Netherlands and his adopted Italy. The drawings constitute half of a series depicting the four seasons. Drawings for the two other seasons have recently been identified in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Medium

Pen and gray-black ink and gray and blue wash over preliminary drawing in pencil

Dimensions

sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/8 in. (27.3 × 41.6 cm)
framed: 17 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. (43.8 × 59.1 cm)

Credit Line

Egmont Collection, Yale Library Transfer

Accession Number

1961.63.65

Geography

Made in Flanders

Culture

Flemish

Period

16th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont; John T. Graves; Robert Hoe; Yale Univ. Library (anonymous donor, 1957)
Bibliography
  • Lisa Hodermarsky, Suzanne Boorsch, and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 27, 28, 92–95, no. 22a, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Signed

Annotated with pen and brown ink at bottom L: "Sebastian Vranks"

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