Abel Grimmer (1555/75-1610/30): The Four Seasons, Spring, 1607
Oil on panel, 34 x 49 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

This work consists of four panels which respectively portray spring (the laying out of a garden), summer (corn harvest), autumn (the slaughter of a pig) and winter (skaters). Such scenes were very popular and were relatively large in scale, because they represented everyday life in a precise, realistic manner.