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The image depicts a rural scene with people engaging in various work activities, including pig butchering and food preparation. In the background, there are rolling hills, a village with buildings, a church with a spire, a windmill, and houses with thatched roofs. The sky is clear with the sun shining. The artwork is detailed with fine linework in a sepia-toned palette, capturing an autumnal setting.
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The image depicts a rural scene with people engaging in various work activities, including pig butchering and food preparation. In the background, there are rolling hills, a village with buildings, a church with a spire, a windmill, and houses with thatched roofs. The sky is clear with the sun shining. The artwork is detailed with fine linework in a sepia-toned palette, capturing an autumnal setting.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Autumn

Pieter van der Heyden after Hans Bol

Date
1570
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.21.195
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
The Four Seasons [Holl. 63-66]

Subjects and terms

  • Flemish
  • season
  • allegory
  • Autumn
Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Inscription

in image at lower right, in plate: H Bol; in image at lower right, in plate: Cock. excu.; bottom margin, within central cartouche, in plate: AVTVMNVS / Virilitatis typus; bottom margin, at left, in plate: Septembri, Octobri Autumnus, totoq Noúembri.; bottom margin, at right, in plate: Dat musto grauidas Autumnus pomifer uuas.

NGA object ID 33526. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.