(circa 1525 Antwerp 1590)

Allegory of summer with peasants harvesting hay, with a village in the background.

Oil on panel.

16.3 cm D (round).

Provenance:
- Collection of Ludwig Arnold Stroink (1886–1969), Enschede, 1936.
- Sale Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, Collection of Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren and others, 10.5.1971, Lot 67a (together with an Allegory of Winter, Lot 67b).
- With Vanderkar Gallery, London, June 1972.
- With P. de Boer, Amsterdam (label verso).
- Private collection, probably acquired in 2001 from the above.
- Sale Christie's, Amsterdam, 26.11.2014, Lot 22.
- European private collection.

Exhibited:
Enschede 1938, Tentoonstelling van 15e en 16e eeuwsche schilderijen afkomstig uit Enschedeesch privaatbezit, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, 20.–30.10.1938, no. 18.

Literature:
Reine de Bertier de Sauvigny: Jacob et Abel Grimmer, Brussels 1991, p. 100, no. 9.