BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger
(b. 1564, Brussel, d. 1638, Antwerpen)

Summer: Figures Eating during the Summer Harvest

1600
Oil on panel, 60 x 80 cm
Private collection

Pieter Brueghel the Younger's interpretation of Summer must be considered one of his most popular and successful subjects. About twenty autograph variations on the theme are known. The composition essentially derives from the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, particularly from the Corn Harvest in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.