Nacht

A woman sleeps in a high-backed chair in the foreground, her distaff and sewing materials resting in her lap. In the background, a woman tends to an elderly man in a canopied bed, while a cat sits near a small fire and an infant rests in a cradle. A small rectangular inset at the top left depicts Luna, the personification of the Moon, driving a chariot across the night sky above a sleeping town.

This print is the final plate in a series depicting the four times of day, a popular theme in Renaissance art that explored the relationship between celestial movements and human activity. It reflects the concept of the microcosm and macrocosm, where the physiological need for sleep is governed by the astronomical transit of the moon.