A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter

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A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter

Creator

Caesar van Everdingen

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1616–1678) · 1616–1678

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Date
c. 1650
Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Institution
Rijksmuseum
Object ID
SK-A-4878

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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 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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