Frühling / Sommer / Herbst / Winter

Title

Frühling / Sommer / Herbst / Winter

Description

Decorative set of 4 copper prints showing th four seasons of spring, summer, autum and winter. With rural scenes for every season. Agriculture, harvest wheat, harvesting grapes adn horse-drawn sleigh ride.

ca. 1847

Artist

Tyroff (1771-1826)

Konrad Tyroff (1771-1826) was a heraldic, engraver and publisher. Tyroff was a member of a family of engravers working in Nuremberg. His father was Hermann Jakob Tyroff (1742-1798). His grandfather Martin Tyroff (1705-1758) was married to the Weigel'schen Kunsthandlung, later the Tyroff'schen. Kunstverlagshandlung, in which Konrad Tyroff published various coat of arms books. He was married to Margarethe Tyroff (1774-1836). At the time of his death, Tyroff was director of the coat of arms office and royal Bavarian court agent. In his work he was significantly supported by his brother, probably Ludwig Christof Tyroff ( 1774), who worked in Nuremberg around 1799.

Historical Description

Seasons divide the year into different periods, which are delimited by astronomical data - so also calendrical - or by characteristic climatic properties. The description of the seasons in this article refers to the northern hemisphere of the earth, in the southern hemisphere they are calendrically shifted by half a year. Summer and winter can also be understood as halves of a year, for example as the northern summer half-year and the southern winter half-year, respectively. Different peoples distinguish other times of the year. For example, the Sámi in Scandinavia know eight seasons, Australian Aborigines in Arnhemland six seasons.In Russia, the rasputiza is known as the mud season, in each case during the melting of snow in spring and during the autumn rains.