Summer (Aestas), from the series The Four Seasons
Date
1563Period
16th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In the foreground is the personification of Summer: an adult man, crowned with a wreath of corn. In his hands he holds several ears of corn. In the background are summer scenes: farmers haying and harvesting; sheep being washed and sheared and a shepherd with his sheep. Above in the sky are the three astrological signs of summer: Cancer, Leo…
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In the foreground is the personification of Summer: an adult man, crowned with a wreath of corn. In his hands he holds several ears of corn. In the background are summer scenes: farmers haying and harvesting; sheep being washed and sheared and a shepherd with his sheep. Above in the sky are the three astrological signs of summer: Cancer, Leo and Virgo. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the four seasons.
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