Christoph Silberysen Agriculture
Summary
Work in the fields in the 16th century on the Swiss Plateau. Drawing from the Schweizer Chronik by Christoph Silberysen, 1576. To illustrate a passage on the particularly hot summer of 1394, the artist imagined an agricultural landscape of his time (1576) with ploughing, harvesting, haymaking and work in the vineyard.
Date
1576
Source
Image: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Copyright info
Public Domain