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Summer
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the foreground the personification of Summer: an adult man, crowned with a wreath of corn. In his hands some ears of corn. In the background summer scenes: haymaking and harvesting peasants. Sheep being washed and shorn and a shepherd with his sheep. Above in the sky the three astrological signs of summer: Cancer, Leo and Virgo. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a four-part series on the four seasons.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineZomer. 1563. Philips Galle. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
