# Allegory of Spring [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Pieter III]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on copper, 29 x 35 cm ## Commentary This allegorical representation of spring, dominated in the foreground by the preparation of a field of flowers, originates from the cycle of seasons created by Pieter Bruegel the Elder towards the end of his life. While remaining generally faithful to his grandfather's compositional model, Pieter III has made of it a personal work in which he gives free rein to his bold sense of colour harmonies, at the same time as he introduces subtle but significant variations to it. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()