● On view now — 216B French and German
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Spring and Summer are two scenes from a four-season series. These landscapes were originally a part of a screen or a decorative panel, indicated by their floral borders and oval shape. The setting of Spring is believed to be the grounds of Montmorency, the country estate of Pierre Crozat (1665–1740), a wealthy financier and art collector in early eighteenth-century Paris. Summer counters Spring 's aristocratic leisure by depicting rural labor. Befitting the work's decorative origins, however, Pater's scene belongs to the tradition of the timeless pastoral. More idyllic than a statement about class differences, the reapers peacefully gather sheaves of wheat as shepherds rest with their flocks in the foreground.
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Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865) — In the Park of Saint C
Jurriaan Andriessen — Arcadisch landschap met links een temp
Jurriaan Andriessen — Arcadian Landscape, one of a series of
Jean Honoré Fragonard — Blindman's Buff
Ferdinand Kobell — A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars
Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743) — The Vineyard
Jean Honoré Fragonard — A Game of Hot Cockles
Jean Honoré Fragonard — A Shaded Avenue
Jean Honoré Fragonard — The Cascade
Hermanus Fock — Landscape
Jean-Baptiste Oudry — View in the Gardens of Arcueil
Herman Saftleven II — Travelers in a Forest
