Oogstende boeren

Peasants are shown reaping and bundling wheat during the height of the summer harvest. In the foreground, a woman gathers stalks into sheaves while men in the background wield large scythes to cut the standing grain. Above the rolling hills, the deity Sol drives his chariot through the clouds, radiating light that facilitates the growth and ripening of the crops.

This work reflects the Renaissance understanding of the correspondence between the macrocosm and microcosm, specifically how celestial bodies like the Sun govern terrestrial cycles. It links agricultural labor to natural philosophy and the 'vital heat' required for the generation of life, a concept central to both Aristotelian physics and alchemical thought.