In a landscape, the nude Saturn stands on a pedestal as ruler of agriculture. He holds a scythe and is consuming one of his children. Around Saturn, farmers are harvesting grain. In the sky the symbols of the constellations ibex (left) and waterman (right), Saturn The Seven Planetary Gods (series title), print maker: Jan Saenredam, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Cornelius Schonaeus, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1596, paper, engraving, h 253 mm × w 178 mm

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