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Circular engraving of skaters on a frozen canal beside a walled town with a tall tower and windmill, labelled February.

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A circular engraving labelled FEBRVARIVS shows a fortified town beside a frozen waterway. In the foreground, figures skate, slide and walk across the ice near a stone wall, while a tall tower and a windmill rise over the rooftops beneath a hatched sky.

Artist
Adriaen Collaert
Date
1578-1582
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3818 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1582.
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: Febrero: patinadores en un canal helado junto a una ciudad amurallada

Un grabado circular con la inscripción FEBRVARIVS muestra una ciudad fortificada junto a un canal congelado. En primer plano, varias figuras patinan, se deslizan y caminan sobre el hielo cerca de un muro de piedra, mientras una torre alta y un molino sobresalen entre los tejados.

Português: Fevereiro: patinadores em um canal congelado junto a uma cidade murada

Uma gravura circular com a inscrição FEBRVARIVS mostra uma cidade fortificada ao lado de um canal congelado. Em primeiro plano, figuras patinam, escorregam e caminham sobre o gelo perto de um muro de pedra, enquanto uma torre alta e um moinho se erguem acima dos telhados.

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