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Summer

Maker

(artist)
1525-1569

(engraver)
ca. 1530-after 1572 (Life dates)

(publisher)
ca.1510-1570 (Life dates)

Title

Summer

Date of Production

1570

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.3

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

The strong contrast of light and shadow evokes the heat as peasants engage in activities associated with summer. Fruit is harvested in June, hay in July and corn in August. This unrestrained abundance complements the harmonious order of Spring. Humour punctuates the design as vegetables replace a woman’s head, whilst the man’s foot extending beyond the frame highlights his unbridled behaviour. Inscriptions comparing the seasons to the ages of man, equating Spring with childhood and Summer with adolescence, were likely added by the publisher.

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

About Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/02/2000-30/05/2000

Gallery 4 display, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2000 (July) ...More

The Four Elements, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1996 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right within image & recto : : Cock excu. Bruegel invic.(?) (illegible) //

Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Iulius, Augustus, nec non et Iunius Aestas //

Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : AESTAS / Adoles centie(?) imago. //

Inscription: inscribed : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida meßeis. //

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