Spring and summer are two scenes from a four-season series. These landscapes were originally a part of a screen or a decorative panel, indicated by their floral borders and oval shape. The setting of spring is believed to be the grounds of montmorency, the country estate of pierre crozat (1665–1740), a wealthy financier and art collector in early eighteenth-century paris. Summer counters spring's aristocratic leisure by depicting rural labor. Befitting the work's decorative origins, however, pater's scene belongs to the tradition of the timeless pastoral. More idyllic than a statement about class differences, the reapers peacefully gather sheaves of wheat as shepherds rest with their flocks in the foreground. Object Type: painting. Date: 1720. Place of creation: France, 18th century. Dimensions: Framed: 76.5 x 66 x 9 cm (30 1/8 x 26 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 65 x 53.7 cm (25 9/16 x 21 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Jean-Baptiste Pater - Spring - 1951.486 - Cleveland Museum of Art
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