The Harvest: Allegory of Summer
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Allegory |
Date | ca. 1596 |
Diameter | 12.4 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #526 Ertz 1979, #6 |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Collection | Alte Pinakothek |
Accession numbers | inv. #4911 |
Series | Allegories of the Seasons |
Tags | Harvesting, Seasons, Summer, Roundel, Field, River |
The Harvest: Allegory of Summer is part of a four-part series of the allegories of the seasons which Jan Brueghel painted circa 1594 (Ertz 2008-10).
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Ertz 2008-10 links Brueghel's The Harvest: Allegory of Summer to Pieter Brueghel the Elder's "Wheat Harvest" in New York.
There are no copies or variants of this work, typical of his oddly-shaped works.