# Landscape in Spring [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VALCKENBORCH, Lucas van]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 116 x 198 cm ## Commentary The painting, which is part of a series of four depicting landscapes in the four seasons, represents a mixture of landscape and genre painting. In the background of the landscape the Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels is depicted. The Castle and then the Palace of Coudenberg were the seat of government of the counts, dukes, archdukes, kings, emperors and governors who, from the 11th century until its destruction in 1731, exerted their sovereignty over the area of the Duchy of Brabant. The influence of both Bruegel and Patenier can be observed on this picture. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 43 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_4seasons.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Vivaldi: Four Seasons, violin concertos op.8 Nos. 1-4</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Landscape in Summer]() - [Landscape with a Rural Festival]() - [Mountainous Landscape]() - [Rocky Landscape]() - [Rocky Landscape]() - [Study for a Costume]() - [The Massacre of the Innocents]() - [The Tower of Babel]() - [View of Antwerp with the Frozen Schelde]() - [View of Huy from Ahin]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()