Female Personification of Summer or Abundance

Quick Overview

Artist: Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo (Spanish, Madrid 1619–1671 Madrid)
Date: 1619–71
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing on off-white paper. Composition outlined in pen and dark brown ink on all sides
Dimensions: 8-3/8 x 10-9/16 in. (21.3 x 26.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.222

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Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo
1619–71 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018627
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Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo
1666 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018990

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.