About the work
Overview
In the fields beside a broad winding river labourers scythe grass to make hay, while a shepherd takes advantage of the shade of a large tree to shear a sheep. A woman with a large tray of fruit on her head is perhaps on her way to the town opposite to sell her produce at market. Meanwhile, aristocrats on horseback enjoy a day’s hunting; two have falcons, trained to catch prey, resting on their arms.
The scene represents summer and may have formed part of a frieze in a domestic interior depicting all four seasons. Hans Wertinger painted several cycles of landscapes showing both the months and the seasons, but we can't be sure which set this panel belonged to.
Wertinger played a leading role in the development of landscape painting as a subject in its own right, along with other artists from the region of the Danube river who put landscape at the forefront of their compositions.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Summer
- Artist
- Hans Wertinger
- Artist dates
- 1465/70 - 1533
- Date made
- Around 1530
- Medium and support
- Oil on wood (possibly lime)
- Dimensions
- 23.2 × 39.5 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Bought, 1997
- Inventory number
- NG6568
- Location
- Not on display
- Collection
- Main Collection
- Frame
- 20th-century Replica Frame
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