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A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter
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The young woman warms her hands above a dish of glowing coals. She personifies Winter. This season was usually represented as a shabbily dressed old man or woman: old because the year is coming to an end, and poor because crops do not grow in the winter. Van Everdingen's choice of a young, richly attired woman is thus rather unusual.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter. c. 1650. Caesar van Everdingen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
