Winter. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53008549

A man in a heavy cloak, feathered hat, and skates holds the hand of a woman dressed in a high-collared ruff and thick winter gown. They are part of an allegorical series representing the Four Seasons, set against a detailed landscape featuring bare trees and a windmill. The composition emphasizes the fashion and social leisure of the Dutch elite during the winter months.

This work belongs to a cycle of the Four Seasons, a popular theme in Renaissance natural philosophy that correlates the macrocosmic cycle of the year with human life and the four humors. The inscription characterizes Winter as the consumer of the year's labor, reflecting the period's interest in the cyclical nature of time and the divine order of the physical world.