Zomer (Aestas) 1589

Jacob Matham's 1589 etching *Zomer (Aestas)* depicts the personified season of summer. The nude figure of Summer stands in a field with wheat, a symbol of the harvest season. He holds stalks of grain in his hands, signifying the abundance of the season. The imagery evokes the transition from spring to summer, with the mature stalks of wheat representing the culmination of the growth cycle.