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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.

Autumn: engraving after Hans 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

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