# Preparations for Winter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GRIMMER, Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 29 x 39 cm

## Commentary

The master of paintings portraying rural Flemish scenes, Jacob Grimmer reveals country life at the end of autumn in this particular work. Faithful to the tradition of country scenes, the artist adopts a simple and effective composition. The activities in the foreground are set in a panoramic landscape.

## Related artworks

- [Autumn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/autumn-r8dc8440bdfa262>)
- [Entrance to a Village with Peasants Carousing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/entrance-to-a-village-with-peasants-carousing-r9bc68fa1f3b513>)
- [Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/landscape-r0fe98b037f0db0>)
- [Spring](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/spring-r02a306342312ef>)
- [View of Kiel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/view-of-kiel-r8c54d9c41ed985>)
- [Winter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/grimmer-jacob-r21116c4192afe4/winter-r5774b7fe20be9b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)