Allegory of the year surrounded by symbols of the four seasons (wreath of flowers for...

Allegory of the year surrounded by symbols of the four seasons (wreath of flowers for spring, wreath of wheat for summer, basket of reason for autumn and vase of fire for winter). The year is half disdressed in reference to the degres of heat and cold with a crown adorned with the twelve signs of the zodiac. Engraving in “” Iconologie oder Ideen aus dem Gebiete der Leidenschaften und Allegorien bildich dargestellt fur Zeichner, Mahler, Dichter, Gelehrte, Erzieher und freunde Hoherer Geschmacksbildung” (Iconologie ou idees de la sphere des passions et des allegories...), Vienna 1801. Book containing 225 illustrations. Private collection.