The Four Seasons (Spring: Sheep-dipping; Summer: Harvesting; Autumn: Wood-cutting; Winter: Snow scene; a Town under Snow)
Abel Grimmer (c.1570 - 1618/9)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1616 (after)
Materials
Oil on panel (oak)
Measurements
127 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446757
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel, The Four Seasons (Spring: Sheep-dipping; Summer: Harvesting; Autumn: Wood-cutting; Winter: Snow scene, a Town under Snow) by Abel Grimmer (c.1570-1618/19), after 1616. A set of four circular panels in one frame. (I) Sheep-dipping (Spring); figures and sheep in the foreground of a village street. (II) Haymaking (Summer); figures scything and gathering hay, a town in the distance. (III) Wood-cutting (Autumn); men cutting and carting wood, a village in the background. (IV) Snow scene (Winter); a town under snow with figures in a square. Inscribed - GRIMER FACIT (panel II), GRIMER (panel III), ABEL GRIMER F. 1600 (panel IV), 1616 (after).
Provenance
Given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
ABEL GRIMER F. 1600 (panel IV)
Makers and roles
Abel Grimmer (c.1570 - 1618/9), artist
