A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter. Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1617-1678) oil on canvas, c 1644-1648. The young woman warms her hands above a dish of glowing coals. She personifies Winter. This season was usually represented as a shabbily dressed old man or woman; old because the year is coming to an end and poor because the crops do not grow in the winter. Van Everdingen's choice of a young, richly attired woman is thus rather unusual.
A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter. Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1617-1678) oil on canvas, c 1644-1648. The young woman warms her hands above a dish of glowing coals. She personifies Winter. This season was usually represented as a shabbily dressed old man or woman; old because the year is coming to an end and poor because the crops do not grow in the winter. Van Everdingen's choice of a young, richly attired woman is thus rather unusual.
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