This circa 1580 engraving 'Hiems' after Jan van der Straet, published by Philips Galle, depicts winter within an oval frame. An elderly man warms hands by a fire, a boy uses a device to encourage flames. A woman wraps wool around twigs for torches, while men sit around a table in an adjoining room. The house entrance appears left. Personifications of winter as an old man occupy the rectangular frame corners. The work illustrates 16th-century Flemish engraving, interior composition, daily life, seasonal allegory, and printmaking technique.

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