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The Twelve Months of the Year (Los doce meses del año), by Antonio de Espinosa, unspecified, 1650

The Twelve Months of the Year (Los doce meses del año)

Antonio de Espinosa

1650

unspecified

From the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Overview

The Twelve Months of the Year (Los doce meses del año) is a 1650 unspecified by Antonio de Espinosa, a Early Baroque Italian work, depicting Tree, held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Who painted this?
Antonio de Espinosa
When & what style?
1650 · Early Baroque Italian
Where can I see it?
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows a bustling scene of people working and playing in a landscape. In the foreground, people are harvesting fruit from trees and loading it into baskets. In the background, there's a large building with a red roof and a hillside with trees and bushes. The sky is blue with some clouds. A quiet detail is the people in the background playing with a ball and a bow and arrow. This suggests that the painting is showing a moment of leisure and enjoyment. The painting is held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

About the artist

Artist

Antonio de Espinosa

Antonio de Espinosa painted large folding screens in 17th-century New Spain, a time when Mexico was still part of Spain’s colonial world.

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