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Autumn
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Autumn

Jacob de Wit · 1740 · grisaille; canvas; oil paint (paint)

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

About this work

This overdoor, like Winter and Summer elsewhere in this gallery, came from the house of Cornelis Hop in the Nieuwe Doelenstraat in Amsterdam. All three pieces still have their original surrounds. De Wit illustrated Autumn by alluding to the grape harvest. Three putti play with grapevines, a kylix or drinking cup, and a thyrsus, the pinecone-tipped staff of Bacchus, the god of wine.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
grisailleoverdoorpaintingautumn, fall, 'Autumnus'
Credit lineAutumn. 1740. Jacob de Wit. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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