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Autumn (Autumnus)

Jacob Matham · 1589 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Personification of Autumn: a standing male figure (Bacchus?) with grape clusters and other crops in his hand, in a landscape. In the background a vineyard against a slope. At the top the corresponding signs of the zodiac: Sagittarius, Scorpio and Libra.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print autumn, fall, 'Autumnus''Autunno' (Ripa)

Credit lineHerfst (Autumnus). 1589. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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