Spring Landscape (May)
1587, Artist: Lucas I. van Valckenborch
Spring Landscape (May)
As the month of love, May makes the landscape a setting for amorous scenes. In the 16th century a labyrinth of hedges with a “tempietto d’amore” (on the left) was a popular garden feature. Its shape is repeated in the circular fountain, which is decorated with suggestive figures (a naked goddess and Satyrs). In the background can be seen the archducal palace, the bell tower and St. Gudula in Brussels, all set in a fantasy land-scape. A tournament is taking place on the square in front of the palace.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Dated
1587
Artist
Lucas I. van Valckenborch (1535 oder kurz danach in Löwen - 1597 Frankfurt am Main) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
116 cm × 198 cm
Framed: 135 cm × 218 cm × 6,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed in the centre of the foreground: 1587 LVV
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1065
Provenance
ca 1610-1619 Imperial Collection Vienna
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