Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), after - Aprilis

Allegorical representation of the month of April.

A view of a rolling countryside where several farmers plow and sow with pairs of oxen. In the foreground, a man is chopping wood.
In the upper left corner, a bull circles, emblem of the zodiac sign associated with April. At the bottom, a line of text bearing the Latin name of the month and, to the right, the address of the engraver and publisher Marco Sadeler, active in Venice from the mid-1600s.
The same work, Il Tempesta, has given it the title "October".

On laid paper. Trimmed to the edge. Mounted at the edges on light beige paper (the center is not glued). Slightly stained. Excellent impression.

The Sadeler family was the largest and probably the most renowned among the dynasties of Flemish engravers who dominated Northern Europe in the 16th, 17th, and subsequent centuries, both as artists and publishers.