Summer Landscape (July or August)
1585 | Lucas I. van Valckenborch
As court painter to Archduke Matthias in Linz, Valckenborch created a cycle of twelve depictions of the occupations of the months, seven of which have been preserved. The cycle is part of an Early Netherlandish tradition that connects the months with the activities that are characteristic of them and places these scenes in a plausible landscape. In a variation on the models provided by Bruegel, Valckenborch blends together the allegory of the months, the landscape and the figural scene to create unity.
As court painter to Archduke Matthias in Linz, Valckenborch created a cycle of twelve depictions of the occupations of the months, seven of which have been preserved. The cycle is part of an Early Netherlandish tradition that connects the months with the activities that are characteristic of them and places these scenes in a plausible landscape. In a variation on the models provided by Bruegel, Valckenborch blends together the allegory of the months, the landscape and the figural scene to create unity.
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: 135,3 cm × 218 cm × 6,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the rock on the left: LVV 1585
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1060
Provenance
First documented in inventory G (1612/18) of the gallery (?)