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Sheep are sheared and wheat is reaped; representing summer. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
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Sheep are sheared and wheat is reaped; representing summer. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Francesco Giambattista da Ponte Bassano

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Lettering: L'êté. L'êté par sa chaleur seconde,/ Dore, et fait mûrir la moisson,/ On cherche la fraicheur de l'onde,/ Et la brebis perd sa toison. Peint par Bassan

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