Two circular engravings side by side: bare winter trees and wood gatherers on the left, a figure beside a slaughtered animal near a house on the right.

The Twelve Months: winter labours, woodgathering and slaughter

Two circular engraved scenes side by side on one sheet, showing rural labours of the year. The left roundel shows bare trees, a village and figures gathering wood near a path; the right shows a figure working by a house beside a carcass, with a village on a hill behind.

Artist: Adriaen Collaert
Date: 1578-1582
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Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 2480 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

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