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Autumn Landscape (October)

The painting depicts all kinds of work in the vineyards: wine casks are being readied, and workers are crushing grapes with their bare feet in a vat. In the middle the everyday scene is lightened by a picnic party, joined by a noble couple, tasting grapes and sweet juice. Although the picture – like the others in the cycle – was probably painted in Linz on a commission from Archduke Matthias, it does not depict specific local landscapes.

The painting depicts all kinds of work in the vineyards: wine casks are being readied, and workers are crushing grapes with their bare feet in a vat. In the middle the everyday scene is lightened by a picnic party, joined by a noble couple, tasting grapes and sweet juice. Although the picture – like the others in the cycle – was probably painted in Linz on a commission from Archduke Matthias, it does not depict specific local landscapes.

Artist:
Lucas I. van Valckenborch (1535 oder kurz danach in Löwen - 1597 Frankfurt am Main) DNB

Time:
1585

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Netherlandish

Material/technology:
Canvas

Dimensions:
116 cm × 198 cm
Framed: 133,5 cm × 218,5 cm × 6,5 cm

Signed
Inscribed at bottom right: 1585 LVV

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1069

Provenance
ca 1610-1619 Imperial Collection Vienna

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