Summer

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a busy harvest scene from an elevated perspective. People are harvesting wheat with scythes, carrying jugs, and balancing baskets of fruits and vegetables on their heads. In the background, workers continue to harvest in the fields. A church spire is visible on a hillside with trees and rustic buildings. The landscape extends to a calm river in the distance. The image is an intricate engraving in monochrome, depicting the intensity and rhythm of the summer harvest.