Summer
by VENNE, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, Oil on oak, 43 x 68 cm
A Summer and an unusually benign Winter, each signed and dated 1614, are paired by van der Venne. The brilliantly lit scene of ice skating, ice fishing, and ice sailing is one of fun and flirtation, since warm weather is the time when the poor work in the fields and the wealthy travel.