Personification of Autumn

This circular engraving shows a semi-nude man crowned with vine leaves, representing the season of harvest. He raises a bunch of grapes in one hand while cradling a variety of fruits in the other, standing before a landscape that features a vineyard and distant mountains. Above him, the celestial symbols for the autumn months—the scales, the scorpion, and the centaur—occupy the clouds alongside a personified wind.

This print belongs to a series on the four seasons that integrates astrological knowledge with natural philosophy, illustrating the Renaissance belief in the correspondence between celestial movements and terrestrial cycles. It reflects the influence of classical poetry and the tradition of 'The Labors of the Months' updated through a Mannerist lens.