Spring
Maker
(artist)
1525-1569
(engraver)
ca. 1530-after 1572 (Life dates)
(publisher)
ca.1510-1570 (Life dates)
1525-1569
(engraver)
ca. 1530-after 1572 (Life dates)
(publisher)
ca.1510-1570 (Life dates)
Title
Spring
Date of Production
1570
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1978.PG.2
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
From foreground to background, Bruegel uses spatial recession to reflect the passing of the months. Sowing occurs in March, sheep are sheared in April, and hard work is rewarded in May with music and merriment. At the time of his death, Bruegel had designed only two of four seasons to be engraved by Pieter van der Heyden and published by Hieronymus Cock. In the engraving, van der Heyden skilfully retained both Bruegel’s strong spatial conception and delicacy of handling.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Drawings Gallery Display - Bruegel / Not Bruegel, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/01/2016-17/04/2016
Gallery 4 display, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2000 (July)
Gallery 4 display, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2000 (July)
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower left within image & recto : : Bruegel - inuet. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right within image & recto : : H. Cock. excud. 1570. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right edge within image & recto : : [monogram] P/AVE //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Martius, Aprilis, Maius, sunt tempora ueris. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : VER / Pueritie compar //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Vere Venus gaudet florentibus aurea sertis. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right within image & recto : : H. Cock. excud. 1570. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right edge within image & recto : : [monogram] P/AVE //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Martius, Aprilis, Maius, sunt tempora ueris. //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : VER / Pueritie compar //
Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Vere Venus gaudet florentibus aurea sertis. //
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