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Autumn
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Autumn

Pieter van der Heyden · in or after 1570 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

In a vast hilly landscape, villagers perform tasks associated with the months of September, October and November: in the foreground livestock is slaughtered, in the background crops are harvested and wood is chopped. Below the scene the title with two lines in Latin on either side. Print from a series of four prints depicting the four seasons, two after Hans Bol and two after Pieter Brueghel I.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHerfst. in or after 1570. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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