The only romance worth pursuing in the summer is with mangoes. I'm tempted to completely ignore the couple in the foreground, although they are beautifully rendered. The prince has a lance in one hand, and perhaps he will use it to knock a few fruits to the ground if they ride that far. The lady is smaller, and on her own horse, but has an arm resting on the man's shoulder. The horses are very close together and seem to match each other's gallop.

Focus on the back, where a grove of mango trees is teeming with fruit. Some mangoes are ripe and have turned red and yellow, while others still have a shade of green. A pair of peacocks and a parrot are perched on branches, with beaks wide open, almost about to take a bite. In the lake below, ducks look up at the fruit, with longing.

This painting, of a summer eve's date, was made in the 18th century, and is a part of a muraqqa (album), with forty other paintings. The album is at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.