Spring

A young man and woman in contemporary Dutch dress stand in a blossoming landscape, surrounded by symbols of fertility and growth. The man offers a nest of hatchlings for the woman to see, while she wears a garland of flowers and Cupid hovers in the sky above them. The scene is framed by a massive tree on the left and a distant view of a village, emphasizing the seasonal renewal of both nature and human society.

This engraving is part of a series on the Four Seasons, reflecting the Renaissance philosophical concept of the correspondence between the macrocosm of the celestial cycles and the microcosm of human life. It illustrates the connection between the earthly seasons and the four temperaments, specifically the sanguine nature associated with the vitality of Spring and the element of Air.