Summer

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, 1525–1569)

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)

Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)

about 1570

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 22.6 x 28.6 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 x 31.3 cm (10 x 12 5/16 in.)

Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund

Accession number33.558

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InscriptionsIn plate, within image: Cock excu. Bruegel Inuet In plate, at lower left: Iulius, Augustus, nec non et Iunius Aestas. [July, August, and also June make Summer] In plate, in cartouche, at lower center: AESTAS// Adoles centie imago/imago [Summer, image of youth] In plate, at lower right: Frugiferas aruis fert Aestas torrida messeis. [Hot summer brings bounteous harvests to the fields]

ProvenanceMay 22 - 24, 1933, anonymous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, as one of 4 prints in lot 199; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)