APD nach Hendrick Goltzius Jahreszeiten Sommer

The central figure, Aestas (Summer), stands heroically with a crown of wheat stalks topped by a lion representing the zodiac sign Leo. He clutches large bundles of grain while the sun rises over a detailed landscape of hills, a town, and harvesters. In the sky, personifications of the zodiac signs Cancer (a crab) and Virgo (a female figure) accompany a wind-god blowing from the clouds.

This print exemplifies the Renaissance synthesis of astrology, natural philosophy, and classical mythology, illustrating how celestial movements in the zodiac were believed to govern the earthly cycles of agriculture and the seasons.