Spring or The Earthly Paradise
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
Title
Spring or The Earthly Paradise
Date of Production
1660-1759
Dimensions
Height: 47 cm
Width: 62.5 cm
Width: 62.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.84
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left: "Les 4. Saisons du Cabinet du Roy peintes par N. Poussin"; "Perfect sunt Coeli et Terre et omnis ornatiseorum. compleuitique Deus dei Septimo opus fuum quod fecerat. Gen 2" ; lower centre: "Ver. Le Printemps" ; lower right: "A Paris chez 1. Audran graveur du Roy au Gobelins"; " Les Cieux et la Terre furent acheuez avec tous leurs oremens. et Dieu termina entierement Son ouurage le 7.e Jour. 2 Chap du la Genise"; lower right: handwritten on mount "A.436, 7/7/17 (16a) $ (15a)
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