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Engraved landscape of autumn with a seated figure holding grapes, a wagon on a road, farmhouses, fields, and zodiac signs in the sky.

Meteorology: the seasons, autumn. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

An engraved landscape shows a seated personification of autumn holding grapes, surrounded by harvest goods, baskets, and a wagon on a dirt road. Rolling fields, farm buildings, a windmill, and zodiac signs in roundels fill the sky above, with Latin verses inscribed along the lower margin.

Artist
Hans Bol
Date
1585
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2945 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1585.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Otoño: grabado según Hans Bol, 1585

Un grabado muestra un paisaje con una figura sentada que representa el otoño, sosteniendo uvas y rodeada de productos de la cosecha, cestas y una carreta en un camino de tierra. Campos ondulados, edificios de granja, un molino y signos del zodiaco en medallones llenan el cielo, con versos latinos en el margen inferior.

Português: Outono: gravura após Hans Bol, 1585

Uma gravura mostra uma paisagem com uma figura sentada que personifica o outono, segurando uvas e cercada por produtos da colheita, cestos e uma carroça em uma estrada de terra. Campos ondulados, casas de fazenda, um moinho e signos do zodíaco em medalhões ocupam o céu, com versos em latim na margem inferior.

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