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Medieval-style painted panel: workers haul sacks by cart and boat near cattle and a windmill, with a walled town and church towers beside a winding river.

De Sint Elisabethsvloed, 18-19 november 1421 met de stad Dordrecht op de achtergrond

Oil painting on panel showing workers hauling sacks with a cart and a boat, beside grazing cattle and a windmill. Behind them, a walled town with church towers sits on a riverbank, and a winding river stretches through green fields toward a distant skyline.

Artist
Master of the St Elizabeth Panels
Date
1490-1495
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3488 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1495.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: La inundación de Santa Isabel de 1421 con Dordrecht al fondo

Pintura al óleo sobre tabla que muestra trabajadores cargando sacos con una carreta y un bote, junto a ganado que pasta y un molino de viento. Detrás, una ciudad amurallada con torres de iglesias se asienta en la orilla de un río, que serpentea por campos verdes hacia un horizonte lejano.

Português: A inundação de Santa Isabel de 1421 com Dordrecht ao fundo

Pintura a óleo sobre painel que mostra trabalhadores transportando sacos com uma carroça e um barco, ao lado de gado pastando e um moinho de vento. Atrás deles, uma cidade murada com torres de igrejas fica na margem de um rio, que serpenteia por campos verdes em direção a um horizonte distante.

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