De Herfst. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53011267

A man in a red tunic holds up a bunch of grapes while a woman beside him carries a large wicker basket overflowing with fruit. Between them stands a goat, a traditional symbol of the harvest and Dionysian fertility, set against a background of dense foliage and distant hills. The foreground is scattered with fallen produce, while the Dutch inscription at the bottom provides a moralizing contrast between the bounty of the season and the inevitability of death.

This print reflects the early modern preoccupation with the cycles of nature as a mirror for human life, specifically linking the harvest to the 'Memento Mori' tradition. The inscription identifies the ripening and pressing of grapes as a metaphor for the human journey toward the grave, a common theme in Dutch natural philosophy and moralizing emblematic literature.