Antwerp ca. 1570/3 – Antwerp ca. 1618/9
Landscape symbolising the Season of Spring
Oil on panel
H. 25 cm. W. 36 cm.
PROVENANCE
Sale London | 1956
With Kunsthandel P. de Boer | Amsterdam | With label verso
Private collection A. Heyn | Aerdenhout | 1961 | By decent
Private collection | The Netherlands
LITERATURE
Exhibition catalogue (1961). Kunsthandel P. de Boer. Amsterdam, cat. nr. 28, with ill.;
Exhibition catalogue (1965). De landman en de muze. Een tentoonstelling van schilderijen, aquarellen, tekeningen, grafiek, beeldhouwwerken en handschriften. Haarlem, with ill.;
Berthier de Sauvigny, R. (1991). Jacob et Abel Grimmer. Catalogue raisonné. Brussels, p. 302, nr. 6
EXHIBITION
Frans Halsmuseum | Haarlem | 14 June 1965 – 29 August 1965 | De landman en de muze. Een tentoonstelling van schilderijen, aquarellen, tekeningen, grafiek, beeldhouwwerken en handschriften | Nr. 16
CATALOGUE NOTE
In the sky this charming picture, three signs of the Zodiac are depicted: Aries, Taurus and Gemini symbolizing the month April, May and June, symbolizing Spring. Abel Grimmer painted a number of seasonal paintings, some of them in cycles of four seasons, some in cycles of twelve months. The present picture was most likely part of a series of four seasons.