Spring
Artist
Production date
1570
Collection
Object number
WA1863.8117
Material

Engraving; three states known

Inscription
Signed at lower left: Bruegel. inve[n]t[or].; at lower right: H. Cock. excud. 1570.; at lower right: PVAHE [in monogram]; inscribed in the margin: Ver/ Puerti[a]e compar [Spring, similar to childhood]// Martius, Aprilis, Maius, sunt tempora veris· / Vere Venus gaudet florentibus aurea sertis · [March, April, May are the months of spring. In spring golden Venus rejoices garlands of blooming flowers.]
Dimensions
28.6 cm x 22.2 cm

Other artworks of this artist

Ira (Wrath)
The Poor Kitchen
Superbia (Pride)
Avaritia (Avarice)
Gula (Gluttony)
Invidia (Envy)
Luxuria (Lust)
The Fight over Money
Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes
The Ass at School
The Witch of Mallegem (Stone operation)
The big fish eat the little fish
Patientia (Patience)