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Title
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Spring time
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Actual Title
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Spring / engraving by Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Date (Painted or Exhibited)
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1570
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Catalog Number
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100
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Catalog Description
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Breughel [sic] was a Dutch artist, A.D.1510-1570. The gardens of the people, and the artist's manner of painting them are equally stiff, prim, and formal.
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Curators Notes
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The engraving by Pieter van der Heyden and published by Hieronymus Cock was one of a series of on "The Four Seasons."
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Alt-Text
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A detailed black-and-white engraving shows peasants working in a large garden, planting and tending crops, with buildings, trees, and livestock in the background, illustrating busy rural life in spring.
