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).
Please see:
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.