Author: Hendrick Hondius I (1573-ca. 1649) after Pieter Stevens II (1567-1624)
Title: [Antique print, engraving, 1605] NOX (Set title: the times of the day) / Nacht uit de set de dagdelen, published 1605, 1 p.
Description: From a set of four with the parts of the day. Last plate representing the night: the moon on the top right illuminates the scene, a river landscape with a high coast. Boats on the river.Inscribed at bottom: NOX in the center; four lines of text in Latin: Rebus ubi... / genti. Numbered on the bottom left: 4 and signed on the bottom right: Hh sculp. Published in 1605. Rare. Engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark; mounted on paper from the corners; total: 236 x 337 mm; only state; damaged corners, top left one missing. Two brownish stains at the bottom, smudges along the margins. Rare. New Hollstein 79.

Keywords: Allegories|fishery|Landscapes|Night scene|Portraits|Rare|Water