Summer

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a bustling harvest scene with figures cutting and bundling grain. Detailed depictions of scythes and sheaves are visible. In the background, there are small buildings, a church steeple, and dense trees forming a boundary. The engraving technique uses precise lines to convey texture and movement, with a limited grayscale color palette. Figures in the distance work under a stylized sun casting rays across the sky.